Smartwings
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From: tiny office, great views
financial situation is believed to be good and uprising. Recently hired about 25 experienced LHS and 250hrs FO mainly for polish subsidiary. Due to CSA downfall market is oversaturated by pilots. Interesting company for newbies - flying to airports round the globe.
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Last edited by vlkyplky; 21st October 2013 at 15:08.
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From: DUS
Incident: Smartwings B738 over Aegean Sea on Aug 22nd 2019, engine shut down in flight, aircraft continued to Prague
And another flaps-up landing this Monday in Prague...
And another flaps-up landing this Monday in Prague...
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From: Tampa
Ok let's play on the words then...
"I would t be sorry for smartwings....after what THEY did...." (using THEY, implies ALL employees are as much as responsible as the 2 guys that made the violation that day)
I suppose you find it fair and you will try to find a way to justify it.
"I would t be sorry for smartwings....after what THEY did...." (using THEY, implies ALL employees are as much as responsible as the 2 guys that made the violation that day)
I suppose you find it fair and you will try to find a way to justify it.
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From: DUS
Guys, you had too much sun today or what? I’m not wishing anybody to loose their job, but Smartwings it’s a mess...this was not the first time that the CVR went “missing” after the flight: TVS hard landinf at Lajes... , nor the first time they screwed up. If you want to share the airspace with that company, please go ahead, I wouldn’t put my family on their plane just because of their culture and SMS. And you can ask the many guys, why they left to the sandpit from TVS/Smartwings...
If I would be Harry Potter, I would bring them a new owner which would place everything in order - otherwise it might a nice company to fly for - getting new planes, regular and charter operations all over the world...
If I would be Harry Potter, I would bring them a new owner which would place everything in order - otherwise it might a nice company to fly for - getting new planes, regular and charter operations all over the world...
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From: DUS
And if you guys think, that I’m making things up, read the following reports:
Collision on taxiway
Burst tire on landing (rumour - they landed with pressure on brakes)
Crew started evacuation without Captains call - 1PAX dead
Runway excursion this winter
Overrun
And now for the leased planes:
Overrun
Tailstrike
Excursion
And I’m not mentioning the engine failures and other technical issues which could raise questions about their maintenance... Just search on Avherald for Smartwings or Travel Service and you might be surprised...
Collision on taxiway
Burst tire on landing (rumour - they landed with pressure on brakes)
Crew started evacuation without Captains call - 1PAX dead
Runway excursion this winter
Overrun
And now for the leased planes:
Overrun
Tailstrike
Excursion
And I’m not mentioning the engine failures and other technical issues which could raise questions about their maintenance... Just search on Avherald for Smartwings or Travel Service and you might be surprised...
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From: France
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From: DUS
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From: Switzerland ... oh wait: Swaziland
Everyone working with Travel/Smartwings have a lot of stories about them but to be fair the "crew started evacuation without captain's call" should be "israeli passengers overran the crew and started evacuation despite the repeated calls of the captain not to do so".
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From: UK
So why are you whishing Smartwings to go burst then ? What have they done to you personnaly ?
Hoping +500 crews to lose their job is simply despicable. Shame on you
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From: DUS
It’s working great. But you still didn’t get it. It’s not about the people, I will repeat it once again - I’m not wishing anybody to lose their job. It’s about the company, culture and management. To be honest, I failed my screening with Lufthansa some time ago. Do I have something against them? No. Why? Because it’s a proper company with a good safety record... If you like Smartwings so much, why don’t you go there and improve something? It’s the year 2019 and I’m very sorry for you, that you can’t accept the fact, that I don’t like unprofessional companies with a poor safety standards...
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From: UK
It’s working great. But you still didn’t get it. It’s not about the people, I will repeat it once again - I’m not wishing anybody to lose their job. It’s about the company, culture and management. To be honest, I failed my screening with Lufthansa some time ago. Do I have something against them? No. Why? Because it’s a proper company with a good safety record... If you like Smartwings so much, why don’t you go there and improve something? It’s the year 2019 and I’m very sorry for you, that you can’t accept the fact, that I don’t like unprofessional companies with a poor safety standards...
Unless you have relevant info, eg EASA or internal, I find hard to believe that a professionnal like you (maybe i'm wrong on this), based only on newspaper articles, can judge an airline and its management.
But I respect the fact that you want to fly only airline with good safety record.
Only half a speed-brake
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From: Commuting not home
Airone2977 Their native post-holder FLT OPS of the last 25 years became a bit of a public figure rather recently.