Air Namibia A343 off the runway at Windhoek
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Air Namibia A343 off the runway at Windhoek
Can someone please explain to me what possibly happened here:
http://www.namibian.com.na/news-arti...ngles-landing/
http://www.namibian.com.na/news-arti...ngles-landing/
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In addition, aviation experts claim it would “be very difficult” to miss the runway with the Airbus......oh yeah, and who are these so called "experts"?
What cr@p reporting, as usual, by an aviation journalist!
What cr@p reporting, as usual, by an aviation journalist!
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This time I would have to agree with the journalist...how the heck do you end up on the verge of this HUGE runway ?!?
This individual is a re-offender too...trying to abort take off when airborne already, after a bird strike...interesting stuff !!!
But hey, when you're well connected, you're immune to consequence
This individual is a re-offender too...trying to abort take off when airborne already, after a bird strike...interesting stuff !!!
But hey, when you're well connected, you're immune to consequence
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Well, the skipper is most probably not a ppruner at all. And he most probably will keep very quiet. Got fired from Air Nam before. Then re-employed after some changes in management and some grass had grown over those issues. Most of the F/Os who have flown with him, say he can't fly and everybody wonders, how he could pass his OPCs. Looks like a typical case of an Affirmative Action Captain. Let's wait and see...
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"Looks like a typical case of an Affirmative Action Captain" What are you implying here DaFly? Please explain how captain 'K' relates to the AA policy at Air Namibia
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Phenom, I am not quite sure which part you don't understand? Captain K. is AA-compliant due to his ethnic background.
A Captain that got fired (or asked to resign) several years ago for a dangerous maneuver. Then later, after a change in management, he got employed again.
What does this tell you:
There are a few pilots at Air Namibia, who have not passed their license or type rating check ride the first time, nor the second time and neither the third time round. Only after Air Namibia really put in lots of cash and effort and changed the training facility for the 3rd time, certain pilots have managed to pass their test. Be it OPC, type rating or even CPL ME IF.
None of the non-AA compliant pilots have received this sort of leanient treatment. If you don't pass your check ride, you get 1 more chance, that's it. Pilots have been send back to lower positions for failing their route training on a new type, without a second chance. It sticks to them for the rest of their careers.
Certain (according to Air Nam) AA-compliant individuals get all the training they need and if they still don't pass, it's due to the fact that the DE / TRE was a racist. The in house TREs will be put under pressure to pass that individual, or if there is no TRE available, the ATO gets blamed and another one will be chosen.
Certain flight crews do not get rostered together, because somebody at ops tries to make sure, that at least 1 guy in the front knows, what is going on, even if that is the FO.
However, I yet have to come across an airline on the African continent, where this kind of practice is not applied. A lot of companies in the middle east and Asia operate like that. So nothing unusual then, I guess.
A Captain that got fired (or asked to resign) several years ago for a dangerous maneuver. Then later, after a change in management, he got employed again.
What does this tell you:
This individual is a re-offender too...trying to abort take off when airborne already, after a bird strike...interesting stuff !!!
But hey, when you're well connected, you're immune to consequence
But hey, when you're well connected, you're immune to consequence
None of the non-AA compliant pilots have received this sort of leanient treatment. If you don't pass your check ride, you get 1 more chance, that's it. Pilots have been send back to lower positions for failing their route training on a new type, without a second chance. It sticks to them for the rest of their careers.
Certain (according to Air Nam) AA-compliant individuals get all the training they need and if they still don't pass, it's due to the fact that the DE / TRE was a racist. The in house TREs will be put under pressure to pass that individual, or if there is no TRE available, the ATO gets blamed and another one will be chosen.
Certain flight crews do not get rostered together, because somebody at ops tries to make sure, that at least 1 guy in the front knows, what is going on, even if that is the FO.
However, I yet have to come across an airline on the African continent, where this kind of practice is not applied. A lot of companies in the middle east and Asia operate like that. So nothing unusual then, I guess.
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Thanx for the update DaFly, sounds scary to me... I wonder how they manage to "stay clean" in the eyes of ICAO and yet comply with JAR or the FAA regulations? Interesting stuffs!
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Captain David Frederick Kint - doesn't sound to me like an 'affirmative', although it may well sound like .... something else!
One of my worst experiences was on Air Namibia although I have to say it was more due to incompetency on the ground than in the air.
One of my worst experiences was on Air Namibia although I have to say it was more due to incompetency on the ground than in the air.
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Captain David Frederick Kint - doesn't sound to me like an 'affirmative', although it may well sound like .... something else!
In The Namibian newspaper:
DCA grounds pilot
By: JANA-MARI SMITH
THE Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) has taken a no-nonsense attitude toward aviation safety violators this month.
Yesterday, a source confirmed that the DCA suspended the licence of Captain David Frederick Kint on April 14, after he bungled an Air Namibia landing last week with more than 180 passengers on board. The source said the pilot’s licence was suspended “due to safety reasons”.
Kint’s suspension could be lifted if he agrees to undergo a number of activities prescribed to him by the DCA, in order to ensure his capabilities.
By: JANA-MARI SMITH
THE Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) has taken a no-nonsense attitude toward aviation safety violators this month.
Yesterday, a source confirmed that the DCA suspended the licence of Captain David Frederick Kint on April 14, after he bungled an Air Namibia landing last week with more than 180 passengers on board. The source said the pilot’s licence was suspended “due to safety reasons”.
Kint’s suspension could be lifted if he agrees to undergo a number of activities prescribed to him by the DCA, in order to ensure his capabilities.
