Did anyone else yesterday morning hear tower questions Malindo on departure out of MEL?

Departing rwy 34 like everyone else, but just decided ‘’nuts to the SID, let’s just turn hard left as soon as airborne”.

Had the scanner up and heard tower ask them “where are you going?”, followed by absolute silence.
Finally a response, we are going to Indonesia. When asked why did they turn left instead of continuing straight, they explained that they were tracking for ATNOL. Correct SID, wrong runway.
You could hear the absolute shock in the voice of Mr Tower.

Insane considering there could have easily been traffic on downwind for 34 at the time they blasted through it..

This is why I tell my loved ones to pick again when choosing a carrier to Bali..

Notice a non standard call from tower creeping in “ clear to line up , confirm SID “ maybe not in Australia ( yet) Good time to thank Mr TCAS .

They are a ticking timebomb. There isn’t much more to say.

Satefy appears irrelevant to our regulator. One other loco has broken enough rules in my book for a permanent ban from flying here, and even after the downing on one jet and a dozen odd stuff ups, it appears it’s all just politics getting in the way of safety.

To the guys and girls who fly the 737 on here, how many chances would have these guys had to identify their mistake leading up to applying thrust? How would the departure even look on the flight display? 90 degree turn at rotation?
All movements were on 34 due to the strong northerlys, so how they planned a 27 departure is puzzling.

The scariest part was their lack of understanding or corrective action even after quizzed by ATC as to what they were up to and why they had turned. Maybe they were doing a return duty and were highly fatigued (if that’s even possible?) - how else could one explain the complete lack of awareness?

I have written countless personal letters citing examples and my own personal ‘experiences’ on the line with certain third world operators. I have got workshopped answers to all letters. I have spoken/written to senior members of the industry being regulatory, political, operational, legal and so on. All responses claim investigations have taken place, heightened checks are underway.

My conclusion is a banning or termination of certain a foreign operators license is purely because the government does not want these countries offside. Trade deals are ahead of lives and our safety.

They are a danger to themselves, but more a danger to other pilots in our airspace. I want them out. Nobody seems to care.

Is that Helicopters or Fixed Wing gulliBell?

Is there really a need for that on the Boeing 737-800?
When the runway is entered into the FMC, the SID will show the appropriate legs for a departure off that runway.
If you subsequently have a runway change, once you enter the new runway, the legs on the SID change accordingly.
Of course, if you haven’t bothered changing the runway in the FMC, well that’s an entirely different story!