Attention MAS FLIGHT CREW.

[Colosseo]

So as to help the local authorities in their. .investigations into the malpractices of the. .past,if I may suggest that we refuse carriage. .of these persons. [B]TR AND HIS GOLDEN GIRLS AND THAT GERMAN MIKE FOXTROT. . .. . WHAT SAY YOU !

[MAStake]

Methinks all of them have enough funds to travel on other airlines. . .Why do you think MAS is bleeding?

[Last-Samurai]

Authorities had no time to proceed further.. .TR is a FREE man !. .He hates pilots ! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

[Slasher]

It amazes me the exact similaritys between the communist government here and the Dr M government there. Any "entreprenuer" who ends up in the sh!t is protected by the government and his storey is white-washed in the local rag to appear as a victim of forces beyond his control. More often than not its to keep Party comrades involvment in any $$$ embezzlement covered up, and they hope the ordinary peasants soon forget about it. I would guess its the same there?

[Colosseo]

Looks like things are getting from bad to worse in KUL.
With all the news in the press about the major rip-offs
that's been going on in the past.
Let us all hope and pray that the guilty ones will receive
the justice they deserve.

Amen.

[Åji Knøw Møe Tøe]

AND NOW THEY HAVE SARS TO BLAME ON :ouch:

[Usman]

A senior_employee of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has lodged a police report against a Dhaka-based freight company co-owned by a prominent member of Parliament here.

He alleged that the company - abetted by a MAS official in Dhaka -was committing fraud by under-declaring the weight of cargo transported by the airline.

The employee lodged the report at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters yesterday.

Contacted this evening for comments, the freight company co-owner Mohd Zin Mohamed - MP for Shah Alam and chairperson of the Backbenchers Club in Parliament - said he was not involved in operational matters but would investigate the allegation.

Police report

Two others, who claimed to have knowledge of the matter, briefed the media later at a press conference called by Teresa Kok, the DAP MP for Seputeh.

She conveyed the complainant’s wish for anonymity for self-protection in explaining why he was not at the briefing. However, she distributed copies of his police report to reporters.

In the copy, the complainant also named two MAS officials in Dhaka ( names withheld pending comments ) as being involved, and said the situation has resulted in substantial financial losses for the airline.

The report states that Silkways Cargo Services Ltd - a MAS general sales (freight) agent operating in Dhaka - has been involved in the weight cheating since the company was set up in September 2000.

Several instances of ‘cheating’ were detailed in the police report.
Citing a recent example, the complainant said that, o?n March 30, the manifest for a flight from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur stated the cargo weight as 2,450kg.

(Freight carried by MAS must transit at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the national carrier’s main operations hub, before being sent to the final destination.)

When the cargo was unloaded at its final destination in Paris, a MAS official there found out that the actual weight was 2,999kg.

At a rate of US$1.87 (RM7.11) per kilogramme, the under-declaration of 549kg of cargo in this instance would have resulted in a loss of US$1,027 (RM3,901), the report said.

Copies of related documents - including information storage media
(documents showing the discrepancies) obtained from MAS and the general ledger of Silkways - were distributed to reporters.

The complainant also alleged that between July 14 and September 29, 2001, Silkways offered inducements worth RM1.1 million to the Dhaka-based MAS official, his family members and other officials in the form of flight tickets, ‘gifts’, ‘ business development money’ and ‘loans’.

This, the complainant claimed, was to enable the company to slip through the under-declaration in weight reporting.

Board meeting

Responding to the allegation, Mohd Zin said he has headed the board of directors for the past three years and has periodically travelled to Dhaka for board meetings. However, he stressed he was not involved in operational matters.

Asked to confirm an allegation that he holds 51 percent of shares in the company, he would o?nly say that he holds a "substantial" share. He declined to reveal the actual figure.

He said, however, that he would call for a board meeting in Dhaka to discuss the issue. Pressed as to the date, he replied: " Tak tahu....tengok bila saya senang ." ("I don’t know....wait until I am free.")

Referring to the police report, Mohd Zin claimed that Kok was "trying to gain political mileage by playing up the issue".

"Why did she mention my name during the press conference? The police report is not against me...I was not named in it. The police should investigate (the report) first. Kok should be careful, don’t try to slander me... I will go after her," he said.

Rough estimates

At the press conference, two others - who o?nly wished to be identified as Muhamad and Johan - said they were aware of the practice, but were uncertain about the total loss sustained by MAS in the process.

"Checks for weight accuracy are done at random during the transit stop at KLIA, so I am not sure exactly how much was involved," said Muhamad, a former MAS employee and now a businessman.

"Based o?n my rough estimates, I think that 1,000kg is under-reported o?n each flight. There are four flights a week from Dhaka to KL....you can calculate the amount lost each month."

Going by Muhamad’s estimates, MAS may have suffered losses amounting to RM3.4 million in two years.

Muhamad added that weight cheating also poses a hazard to passengers because it can affect the balance of the plane.

Asked what had prompted the trio to publicise the issue, Muhamad said they "don’t want to see MAS continue to suffer losses".

Johan’s presence was mainly to explain the details of the documents.

Successive losses

Meanwhile, Kok said she had raised the issue in Parliament during a debate o?n April 9.

"I have also submitted a memorandum (each) to the ministries of finance and transport, as well as to MAS," she said.

Although she has yet to receive any feedback, Kok added that she would pursue the matter with these authorities.

MAS had suffered successive losses since the 1997 regional financial crisis. However, a report in late February this year said the airline posted a net profit of RM330.40 million (USD87 million) in the last quarter of 2002.

This was against a loss of RM310.2 million in the same period in 2001.

So don't forget to add 10-20% to the landing weight and adjust your landing speed accordingly.

No wonder when I flared the aircraft lands with a thump. It had stalled.

[Åji Knøw Møe Tøe]

FOR AS LONG AS THE MØRØN IS AT THE HELM, §!"#?%&/()=?"

It's really amazing to see how they justify their EVIL DEEDS !

From the carriage of wrongfull fracht to under declaration of weights and misbehaviour of management organisms etc, etc.
, etc.........

Plying on ignorance at the expence of public funds.

Enriching themselves and their cronies.

One word sums it all. POMEGRANATE! :mad:

[Åji Knøw Møe Tøe]

Enough. Wind your neck in, if you have nothing constructive to add, add nothing.

[Usman]

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has dismissed charges that a Dhaka-based freight
company and two of its airline officers are involved in weight-cheating
over cargo transport.

Contacted yesterday, MAS corporate services senior general manager Dr
Mohamadon Abdullah denied the allegations in the police report lodged by
a MAS employee o?n Monday, saying they were "not true and malicious".

The senior GM said he had personally conducted the investigation after
the issue was reported in the media o?n Tuesday.

Hidden agenda

"Based o?n the privileged information that I have, (the accusation) has
nothing to do with weight-cheating, it is not true, it is malicious. It
is not a commercial issue here but more a political issue that is being
played up by certain quarters," he claimed.

Asked about o?n the alleged political agenda, he said, "I can’t tell
you...you have to investigate."

"(The complainant) has his personal interest and hidden agenda. He was
trying to bring down MAS and Silkways (Cargo Services Ltd)," Mohamadon
claimed, adding that he did not know who the employee is.

In the police report, the MAS employee alleged that the freight company,
Silkways, was committing fraud by under-declaring the weight of cargo
transported by the airline.

Silkways, co-owned by Shah Alam MP and Parliament Backbenchers Club
chairperson Mohd Zin Mohamed, is a freight agent of MAS.

The complainant claimed that the weight-cheating had been occurring
since the company was set up in September 2000, and that two MAS
officers - area manager in Dhaka, Anwar Matpiah, and general sales agent
department supervisor Shiva Nayaky - were abetting the alleged practice.

The complainant also alleged that between July 14 and Sept 29, 2001,
Silkways had offered inducements worth RM1.1 million to a few MAS
officers to enable the company to slip through the under-declaration in
weight reporting.

However, according to Mohamadon yesterday, the duo implicated in the
charges have denied the accusations and backed their claims with
"proof".

"I have contacted Anwar who is based in Dhaka. He denied any wrongdoing.
He also proved he is innocent. As for Shiva, she is an honest girl who
has been working with me since 1972," he said.

However, Mohamadon refused to reveal the documents containing the
"proof".

Asked whether he has checked with Silkways o?n this matter, Mohamadon
said there was no need as he had all information here.

Checks and balances

The senior staff also said the possibility of the alleged
weight-cheating costing MAS millions of ringgit of losses "does not
arise".

He said MAS exercises due caution in checking weights as it is important
for the balance of the plane.

"If it are marginal differences, we will not bother it. But if it there
are big differences, definitely we will notice and bill the origin
station. Weighing is done at the origin station, in KLIA (Kuala Lumpur
International Airport) and at the final destination, so in this process,
there is a lot of checks and balances," Mohamadon said.

Queried about the information storage documents that showed the
discrepancies - copies of which were made available to reporters o?n
Tuesday - he said they could be due to the "different types of weighing
machines".

He likened the differences to shoe sizes numbers in Malaysia and United
States.

However, when contacted, an officer in MASkargo operations department
said although the weighing machines may be different, the airline uses a
standardised matrix system with their agents in other countries.

MASkargo is a subsidiary company established to handle worldwide
delivery of cargo through MAS’ network of routes.

The officer said the process of re-weighing at the KLIA will usually
match the earlier figure recorded.

Meanwhile, MAS’ Mohamadon said the airline has no plans to lodge a
counter police report against the employee.

"We don’t know who is this person who lodged the report... Let the
police or other authorities come and investigate and prove (the
complaint) is true. Otherwise, I will sue the complainant for RM10
million," he said.

He said MAS also did not intend to call a press conference or issue a
statement o?n the matter as the charges are "not true".

Rough estimates

The issue came to light at the press conference called by Seputeh MP
Teresa Kok of DAP after the report was lodged at the Petaling Jaya
district police headquarters.

Two others who claimed to have knowledge of the matter provided details,
saying they "don’t want to see MAS continue to suffer losses".

The complainant himself was not present in order to protect his
identity.

Based o?n rough estimates, they claimed that MAS may have been sustained
losses amounting to RM3.4 million over the past two years due to the
alleged practice.

MAS had suffered successive losses since the 1997 regional financial
crisis. However, a report in late February this year said the airline
posted a net profit of RM330.40 million in the last quarter of 2002.

This was against a loss of RM310.2 million in the same period in 2001.

[Usman]

Latest news, a gang of MAS crew is being infected by SARS.

Heard that the crew shifted to another hotel after it was suspected to be infected by SARS in Taipei.

On return home they were all found to have SARS.

So were they the original carrier of SARS to the first Taipei hotel.

How many other MAS crew had been infected and spreading it to the pax?

[PILOST]

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
=====================================

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!

:cool:

PILOST

[Usman]

Pilost my friend had you told the whole story or only what they want you to hear.

Well this was extracted from Malaysiakini News Bullitin:

Deputy Director-General of Health Ismail Merican said 19 Malaysian Airlines crew who returned from Taipei on Friday 23th May, have been placed under quarantine.

They had stayed in the same hotel in Taipei as Chesley Richards, a specialist from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who was feared to have contracted Sars, he said.