MK Airlines
MK Airlines
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I'll leave this here for a couple of days. I think however you'll have more luck on the African Forum.
3 747-200s and a couple of DC8s. Bad habit of breaking them though.
3 747-200s and a couple of DC8s. Bad habit of breaking them though.
As far as operations go these days, yes they are "stable". Not sure about hours flown, but the crew are great to work with. They have "bent" a few aircraft but knowing the places they fly to, I would expect a few damaged aircraft.
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Damaged?!?! Try crashed and burned .... with fatalities. Latest crash was a B747 in Port Harcourt - aircraft allegedly ran out of fuel. Yet another African flag of convenience cowboy operation.
Monty......welcome to Africa, it is the name of the game! 
I'm sure that the CAA would have kicked them out of Manston if they were as bad as you claim! They may not be the slickest guys in town, but they do employ many good people who get the job done! Often under less than ideal conditions. I will not join you and gloat over others misfortunes but they are not the only airline to lose aircraft.
I'm sure that the CAA would have kicked them out of Manston if they were as bad as you claim! They may not be the slickest guys in town, but they do employ many good people who get the job done! Often under less than ideal conditions. I will not join you and gloat over others misfortunes but they are not the only airline to lose aircraft.
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Soory Claw, but I have to agree with Burns on his points. the crews at MK are definately good "chaps" but they do over extend them selves sometimes! Yes they do the job, because they have to, no one will back them up.....when they say no!!!
Lots of African fields are not up to "European" or "Western" standards and that in its self is sometimes disconcerning, (try Mwanza, 3700 ASL, 10,800 Ft. Runway, with 40 tons of fish, ISA + 10, 7 Kts tail wind, pitched black, flocks of resting birds 50 feet from the runway, and the radar painting CB's all over, and no weather on route or at your destination!!!) but a contract is a contract, as they say!! The record speaks for itself in terms of "dammaged or destroyed" aircraft.
Hah, but what do we (or you Claw) know of statistics?????????
The Europeans have it all wrong I guess!!
Lots of African fields are not up to "European" or "Western" standards and that in its self is sometimes disconcerning, (try Mwanza, 3700 ASL, 10,800 Ft. Runway, with 40 tons of fish, ISA + 10, 7 Kts tail wind, pitched black, flocks of resting birds 50 feet from the runway, and the radar painting CB's all over, and no weather on route or at your destination!!!) but a contract is a contract, as they say!! The record speaks for itself in terms of "dammaged or destroyed" aircraft.
Hah, but what do we (or you Claw) know of statistics?????????
The Europeans have it all wrong I guess!!
Alapt; I agree with you but compare apples with apples. MK serves a particular market. They handle contracts that most won't, thus risks are greater. I'm not going to slag off other carriers but there are far worse carriers than MK. I can think of one trying to fly out of Angola with a seriously damaged aircraft. They have lost several aircraft in Africa. They also change there name on a frequent basis. My point is that Pandabear could do a lot worse than MK. If I was looking for work, I'ld have no problem working for MK. MK doesn't pack up and move, eveytime it has a problem.
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Thanks for the help.....I will keep Mk in mind but ......
I have had my share of working for companies that "frequently change names" with little or no support from the operators when things get tough....still sometimes you gotta just grin and bare it if it helps for better things in the future!
I have had my share of working for companies that "frequently change names" with little or no support from the operators when things get tough....still sometimes you gotta just grin and bare it if it helps for better things in the future!
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Monty, please check facts before mouthing off about things as important as loss of life. Yes a good man died, but not through lack of fuel. That wreckage burnt for more than 5 hours not just due to the frieght carried.
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Don't speak ill of the dead. I was in Port Harcourt when it happened and the aircraft didn't run out of fuel, nor did it burn for 5 hours. It did crash into the grass quite a long way short of the runway and then, except for the cockpit section, burnt out. It was carrying a lot of helicopter spares including mildly explosive things like fire bottle squibbs.
