@ chocks away said
so the issue here is why wasn't this big change in threat/capability red flagged worldwide... especially given the 3 aircraft taken down by such missiles in the preceding weeks?
So, Chocks, what you're really saying, is that the Airlines all employ thick, braindead, infantile cretins and it's the regulatory authorities' responsibility to sit them all down and say, "Now, Children, Nasty men are squabbling and fighting and so you must not let your toys fly anywhere near them. "
WTF? these people are in charge of directing multi-billion pound assets
It's gross incompetence,dereliction of duty and reckless endangerment to send any Civil Transport through a war-zone
WITHOUT HAVING WARNED THE PASSENGERS OF THE RISKS Goes without saying a full refund to any pax refusing the flight.
These people should be dragged into Court and punished.....Pour encourager les autres.
RE- calling in sick.....that's a lame wimp-out. If there was some Pilot solidarity and
allPilots refused to take a dangerous route, management would stop planning them....also. they'd want to cover their own arssss re- duty of care to Pax.
Malaysian was unlucky , tough cheese, they deserve to be bankrupted by the compensation claims.