Usman, please stop making a fool of yourself & opening up an avenue for you to be sued.Remember that your posting will be scrutinised by the general public.
Spreading malicious news with a sinister content will invite unnecessary legal proceedings to not just PPRuNe but to you too.
Attached below is a reply from MAS SGM Corporate Services to the media, quoted in the Star newspaper.
MAS: 19 crew members moved for safety reasons
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PETALING JAYA: The 19 Malaysia Airlines crew members, who stayed in the same hotel in Taiwan as a scientist found to have symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), moved to another hotel for their safety, said MAS corporate services senior general manager Dr Mohamadon Abdullah.
He said the hotel that they were in did not impose a quarantine before they decided to move to another hotel.
“On May 22, we were alerted by Sheraton Taipei that one of their guests from the US could be a SARS suspect.
“We held preliminary discussions with the hotel management. The Taiwan Centre for Disease Control and Taipei City Council announced the situation in the media but did not impose a quarantine order on the hotel,” he said in a statement yesterday.
“We decided to transfer our cabin crew from Sheraton Taipei to the Yuan Shan Grand Hotel, as a precautionary measure in the interest of our staff safety,” he said.
He was commenting on a statement by Deputy Health director-general Datuk Dr Ismail Merican who expressed unhappiness that their move was irresponsible.
Dr Mohamadon said the airline had always adhered to existing guidelines stipulated by the Health Ministry and other foreign government authorities in the management of SARS.
MAS Flight Attendants Association (Mafaa) president Ismail Nasaruddin Abdul Wahab expressed dissatisfaction over Dr Ismail’s remarks.
He said it was unfair to criticise the crew openly without determining the actual facts of the incident.
“The crew members were only carrying out their duties to serve the airline and the passengers,” he said.
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Another quote from the Straits Times:
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SARS Alert: MAS ‘followed all guidelines’
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25: Malaysia Airlines today said it had always adhered to guidelines issued by
the Health Ministry here and foreign government authorities in the management of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
In a statement today, MAS Corporate Services senior general manager Dr Mohamadon Abdullah said this in reference to news reports regarding the 19 MAS cabin crew who flew out of Taipei despite quarantine orders.
Responding to the allegation of MAS not extending its co-operation to the Taiwanese health authorities, Mohamadon said: "In the latest situation in Taiwan, we were alerted at 2.30pm on Thursday by Sheraton Taipei that one of their guests from the United States could be a SARS suspect.
"At 3.30pm the same day, we held preliminary discussions with the hotel management and at 4.30pm, the Center for Disease Control Taiwan and Taipei City Council announced this situation over the media. It did not impose a quarantine order on the hotel." "We decided to transfer our cabin crew from Sheraton Taipei to another hotel, Yuan Shan Grand Hotel, as a precautionary measure in the interest of safety," he added.
He said MAS had always co-operated with the regulatory authorities in combating SARS as it was aware of the implications on its business and operations.
He added that MAS also conducted regular briefings for its front-liners, in particular its cabin staff.
Mohamadon said MAS had designated special bays at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport for flights from SARS-affected areas to facilitate health screening by the Health Ministry.
He said in-flight announcements were made on measures adopted by the authorities in SARS-affected countries, and health check forms were distributed to passengers as required by the health authorities of these countries.
"We believe that our efforts have greatly contributed towards the successful prevention of SARS, and we will continue to give our full commitment to all the regulatory authorities at home and abroad," he said.
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A note to all readers, all crew & pax are required to be screened by thermal imagers on arrival in KLIA & to fill a declaration form to state their health condition & history.At the moment none of MAS crew are infected nor are they carriers of SARS.All MAS crew are scrutinised by the health authorities on arrival back at base, even if they flown in from a non SARS declared country (talk about overkill).
Again Usman, I suspect 'foul play' in your postings.I hope PPRuNe moderator Mr. Sick Squid will take note of your malicious & contemptous posting & deal with you appropriately.
Safe Flying all!
PILOST