AF Standards
@ Clandestino
Again: issue with AF447 is not the pilot unable to handfly the aeroplane; it was pilot unable to understand the situation, implication of his actions and pretty precisely handflying just the wrong way, while his assisting pilot was, unfortunately, as lost as him.
This is exactly the problem with AF's training whose safety record speaks unenviable volumes.
The problem is that AF haven't undertaken the recommendations of the ISRT because of the entire way that AF is run by having overpaid and underworked Generals with no Corporals.
This is reflected by the numerous incidents post-AF447 which indicates that safety culture doesn't run in AF veins.
Now here comes the rub: since 2012, AF has hired A342 instructors from the Estérel squadron at Airbus' behest to retrain AF instructors but so far in vain.
Worse, AF's parlous finances makes it even harder to get on with safety.
I expect DL or SU to leave SkyTeam.
Now watch this space: SU to join SkyTeam...yep Putin's heart pounds for Merkel.
Last edited by Winnerhofer; 16th Nov 2013 at 15:10.