The problem do are Turkey's FTL but they are carrying European passengers. Should they fly locally it would not be of our interest but they are flying to Europe , expanding at a vertiginous rate their presence and taking passengers from EU carrier that have to abide to EASA FTL with an unfair competitive advantage.
After the death of an EU citizen B737 DEC we thought it was time to do something about it. A letter was sent to the EAA ( European Airlines Association) and to the EU parliament transport commission denouncing the situation. This also in light of Turkey renewed bid to Europe accession.THY is promoting its self as the " best European airlines" whilst in terms of safety guarantees for the passengers is in effect statistically the worst. Fatigue was partly to be blamed for the AMS accident still THY iin its ruthless pursuit of profits has not taken any initiative as this thread shows.. Internal sources are telling me that the safety situation is dramatic. Many near accident happens on a daily basis due to incompetence added to tiredness and fatigue. No initiative have been taken beside a pathetic attempt to try to put the blame on younger generation pilot " monitoring " ( ??) skills by the means of " briefings" that my sources described as "pantomimic" . That shows once more the absolute managerial incapacity and blindness in identifying the real causes which evidently are the extremely poor professional environment, the widespread lack of a sufficient understanding of the written and spoken English language , non existent company safety culture, basic misinterpretation of the concept of CRM and whose effect in conjunction with the above mentioned slavery like FTL, could soon prove disastrous.
Last edited by porkflyer; 20th Sep 2014 at 10:07.