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So the 737 winglet was fixed and all was good.....then oops
PX83 goes to VLI for an overnight and oops they discover an escape slide runs out of date so aircraft grounded until a ferry permit can be organised without pax......then oops
same midnight the other 737 has an escape slide run out of date, luckily this one is in Pom.
Solution... Play around with slides and at least get one 737 available and off it flys to NRT....then oops
Autopilot U/S so an air return and burn off all that excess fuel for the 6 hour flight. Can't make curfew even if they could fix it....so put everyone up for the night.....then oops
Fokker 100 gets airborne for BUK, makes it 50 miles from POM, WX Radar fails, another Air Return.
Just a 3 day sample with "new" management. Nothing has changed
And someone asked on another thread why they rated so low on safety. Maybe this will give them an insight into why.
As the song says, just another day in Paradise.
PX83 goes to VLI for an overnight and oops they discover an escape slide runs out of date so aircraft grounded until a ferry permit can be organised without pax......then oops
same midnight the other 737 has an escape slide run out of date, luckily this one is in Pom.
Solution... Play around with slides and at least get one 737 available and off it flys to NRT....then oops
Autopilot U/S so an air return and burn off all that excess fuel for the 6 hour flight. Can't make curfew even if they could fix it....so put everyone up for the night.....then oops
Fokker 100 gets airborne for BUK, makes it 50 miles from POM, WX Radar fails, another Air Return.
Just a 3 day sample with "new" management. Nothing has changed
And someone asked on another thread why they rated so low on safety. Maybe this will give them an insight into why.
As the song says, just another day in Paradise.
I think those old Fokkers are probably fit for purpose as long as you can keep the parts and service up to them. Even if PX acquired a brand new fleet everything would only be hunky dory until the warranty ran out. Perhaps the eventual fate of the Fokkers is to be bought by Alliance for whatever parts still have value.
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I think those old Fokkers are probably fit for purpose as long as you can keep the parts and service up to them. Even if PX acquired a brand new fleet everything would only be hunky dory until the warranty ran out. Perhaps the eventual fate of the Fokkers is to be bought by Alliance for whatever parts still have value.
All above exactly correct. Low airframe utilisation does not lend itself to the high capital costs of brand new airframes. However the old girl FOKKERS ( not politically correct I know) do need some TLC.
Otherwise the money saved by having the old airframes will be blown out the window by the disruptions.
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Nice to see that (some) in parliament are FINALLY starting to pay attention. Can we expect a Notam shortly to "beware chickens crossing threshold 14L coming home to roost"?
Nice legacy left by Foo and co...
Nice legacy left by Foo and co...
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Also noticeable is that the weekly Saturday night PX72/3 run to TKK and PNI and back is avoiding Chuuk these days, so don't go planning a diving holiday in Chuuk for the time being. I've heard nothing on the local grapevine as to why they stopped the TKK run. Is the booked 19:40 take off from POM after the curfew?
Still a regular PAX on PX, though to be honest where I want to fly to there is no choice. Still, got a 3 night break from this place in Cairns booked for Friday. Looking forward to hearing the Aussie accents from those in the front seats.
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PX customers are long suffering and deserve better.
It is the frontline staff , airport agents etc that keep the show on the road.
Despite management's best efforts at sabotage.
It is the frontline staff , airport agents etc that keep the show on the road.
Despite management's best efforts at sabotage.
Tari was a bad place for pitched battles between different tribes, having the airport closed while combat took place was not unusual. Mendi wasn’t much better, I remember having to get the aircraft out for fear of damage on one occasion.
Actually, on closer inspection I'm sure you're right about the toilet paper, I can even see the roll.
Stupidly, idiot that I am, I thought somebody had rolled out a fire hose; after my experience in PNG I should have known better.
Stupidly, idiot that I am, I thought somebody had rolled out a fire hose; after my experience in PNG I should have known better.
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What can one expect from a country where women are still murdered when "suspected" of being a witch!!
Sorcery-related violence surges in PNG as women attacked and murdered, accused of witchcraft - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Might be a just a few miles from a 1st World Country, but the only advantage is that the Medivac is not that long a trip.
Sorcery-related violence surges in PNG as women attacked and murdered, accused of witchcraft - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Might be a just a few miles from a 1st World Country, but the only advantage is that the Medivac is not that long a trip.
Balusnomore,
Haven't you heard the new "World terms":
1st World- Western democracies
2nd World- the old Soviet block countries, as I recall
3rd World- developing countries
now there's
4th World- were developing, now stagnating
5 th World- were developing, now going backwards.
Make up your own mind on which category PNG falls under
Haven't you heard the new "World terms":
1st World- Western democracies
2nd World- the old Soviet block countries, as I recall
3rd World- developing countries
now there's
4th World- were developing, now stagnating
5 th World- were developing, now going backwards.
Make up your own mind on which category PNG falls under
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On the bright side...one less hull means extra crew for the rest of the fleet.
I can imagine the loss adjuster trying to justify the claim to the underwriters....
I can imagine the loss adjuster trying to justify the claim to the underwriters....