FYI for US regs.
The "Code of Federal Regulations" is split into various parts covering all aspects of government. Title 14 of the "Code of Federal Regulations" covers Aeronautics and Space and is then further sub divided into Volumes,Chapters and then Parts. Chapter 1 has parts listed from 1-199 and this is where the reference "part 135" or "part 121" comes from. For a complete listing of the related parts and for those interested follow the link.

The Code of Federal Regulations


Or simply go straight to "part 121"

2010 CFR Title 14, Volume 3

Regards
IH

And, for 14CFR129...

2010 CFR Title 14, Volume 3

I am glad that someone or something is standing up to the Lords of the Sand. For way too long the GCAA has been nothing but a rubber stamp approval agency for A6, A7 ect. I am not saying that the FAA will do anything because that big Boeing order has help Emirates case immensly.
If the FAA were to just look at the factoring and that's it they would have a very compelling case. As we all know there is much much more to look at witht the GCAA and its relationship with its airlines.

Well, regardless of what may or may not come out of this, we should all state our concerns to both the GCAA and FAA inspectors as we see them out an about. In particular, let them know about the fatigue issues. It seems most people don't even bother any more since in the past, nothing has come of it. Times might be changing however and a few we placed words to the governing bodies with regards to serious safety concerns can't hurt. If they chose to ignore, so be it, nothing gained, and nothing lost, except maybe 5 mins of your time in a conversation or filling out a safety report.

Safety is paramount!

This is probably one good method to stop the almost unstoppable growth of the middle-east airlines, knocking on European and US doors more aggressive then ever in this economic down-turn since they can afford to invest billions in Mr Boeing and Mr Airbus farms.

Re: Nigerian Improvements
 

I work there and can say it's probably a combination of both. When speaking of Nigeria there is always some level of corruption involved. My understanding is that only one airline has the Cat 1 status at this point. I believe the NCAA is limiting the status to carriers that have undergone the NCAA's audit.

Not the police, but they can pull the plug and you will never fly into the US.

Ask Korean Airlines..


And this is from a fed.

Hi!

Yes, in some cases, the FAA rules are not as good as typical CAA rules, but that is changing right now.

The new Flight/Duty/Rest rules proposal just was made public, and Congress has mandated that it be effective in less than a year. It will have new things in it, like 190 duty hours in 28 days, which I believe is standard for most CAAs.

It will mean the US carriers will need to hire more pilots, which means that EK will have less applicants/new hires from the US.

cliff