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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

1st Mar 2009, 21:08

Replies: 427

Helios Crash

Views: 202,407

Posted By Bridge Builder

Since the Manchester air disaster in 1985,...

Since the Manchester air disaster in 1985, regulation got better and better. The chap who is head of the AAIB has said - and I agree - that the reason everyone survived the Toronto A340 crash was due...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

1st Mar 2009, 20:32

Replies: 427

Helios Crash

Views: 202,407

Posted By Bridge Builder

Agreed. And please don't get me started on...

Agreed.

And please don't get me started on ICAO! ICAO missed the TCAS 'warning from God', the JAL 747 / DC10 near miss in 2001.

ICAO twiddled its thumbs until the totally avoidable and...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

1st Mar 2009, 20:18

Replies: 427

Helios Crash

Views: 202,407

Posted By Bridge Builder

Thanks Safety Concerns. And interestingly the...

Thanks Safety Concerns. And interestingly the list is cannily called the,

‘List of airlines banned within the EU’.

So, by definition, an airline such as Helios (Cyprus)...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

1st Mar 2009, 19:35

Replies: 427

Helios Crash

Views: 202,407

Posted By Bridge Builder

EU 'Blacklist'

Question:

1. Are there any European Union based airlines on the blacklist?

2. If the answer is 'no' is it conceivable that an EU airline could be placed on the list, as it would in effect be...

Forum: Accidents and Close Calls

1st Mar 2009, 17:12

Replies: 427

Helios Crash

Views: 202,407

Posted By Bridge Builder

Home Truths

All -
Our Cypriot friends had excellent advice from the CAA on airline regulatory oversight prior to Helios. Sadly, they chose to ignore much of it.

Problem as I see it: The main airline in...

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