Air Mauritius defies IFALPA
 

Union Predsident Russlan Ramdowar is now facing his 60th day of derostering and the continued instance on the part of Air mauritius that his return to work is predicated on undergoing psychological assessment.!!!!!! Ifalpa has made it absolutely clear that this 'is without precedent in the industry', but even though its been in the papers down there, Air Mauritius is making up its own rules and could be setting a precedent for us all.
Sixty days de-rostered would be enough to make any one mental and now theyve told him they want another ten days so they can figure out what to do with him. How did he get in this mess? He wrote to IFALPA for clarification on the FTL's (which they are abusing), the message was intercepted by management and they didn't like it so he came off the line. Its called union busting everywhere else in the world, its called 'face' in mauritius and its called complete s**** for the poor guy who has to go through with it. Sounds like victimisation. The Ops Director has got him in his cross hairs and really made this personal but is he big enough to take on IFALPA?:*

Bloody UNBELIEVABLE! 10 days to do what? ANyway Danny, please stop moving the thread I had started a few days ago. This is very important stuff. Someone is trying to redefine the aviation norms here. Should this be allowed, it will be a precedent for all: FTL, bullying of a union, persecution of a president, not good. Been in touch again with the local chaps. Moral is low. Their dispute case is still in court. Meanwhile, more drivers votingv with their feet. Rumour has it that another mauritan leaving... The amount of expats that have left is already huge!

Pilots of the World, Unite!:*

master Yoda, words, more words... got to fight and not just unit! isn't JVJ the ops director there? would not surprise me. sounds like more of his lettle games. he got the boot from saa. the b#%$*!&# hates pilots. hope they dont let him get away with it this time around!:mad:

Am I correct in assuming that Air Mauritius is partly owned by Air India?

I believe so - but only a small bit. I understand that British Airways and Air France also each have shares in Air Mauritius which are larger than the India stake.

British Airways 3.8%, Air France 2.8%, Air India 2.6%.

air mauritius
 

PB is the ops director and if anyone needs a shrink......... always threatening his troops that he'll fire them, have there licence revoked, deroster them, whatever takes his fancy.

Just recieved this. Makes interesting read!

Dear Axxx/Pxxxx,

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that Air Mauritius is not CAP 371 compliant. We use the CAP 371 as guidelines to produce our Flight and Duty Scheme as required by the Civil Aviation Regulations 1986, Chapter 7 section 58. I wish to mention as well that we do not operate under the authority of the UK CAA and that our regulatory body is the Department of Civil Aviation of Mauritius.

As far as the Cape Town flight is concerned the annexes you mentioned do not apply as the flight is planned within normal FPD. We requested a one hour extension from our DCA as buffer. If we need to reschedule these flights with extension on normal FDP please rest assured that we will give due considerations to the annexes.

Rdgs,

Captain P Bxxxxxxx

Director Flight Operations

Email: [email protected]


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Subject: Fw: Fatigue Avoidance MRU-CPT-MRU

25 October 2005

The Director Flight Operations
Air Mauritius
SSR International Airport
Plaisance

Captain P. Bxxxx

Dear P,

Please refer to the letter from the Mauritian DCA regarding Flight and Duty limits for Cape Town Flights , dated 07 October 2005 ref: CAV/FOI/12/10 and subsequent Briefing Notice No 44 dated 21 October 2005.

As Air Mauritius is CAP 317 compliant , the AEA wishes to bring to your attention the Limitations as laid down in the Annex F to the CAP 371, attached below. Please refer to Para 1.3 Level 2 FDP plus 60 minutes as well as Para 1.1.3 which requires that the Operator must nominate an appropriate level and that all crew must be notified in advance.

We trust that Flight Operations and the DCA has given careful consideration regarding this Extension and that the limitations as per Annex F will be fully implemented and managed accordingly.

Thanking you for your usual understanding.

Yours Truly

For and on behalf of the AEA
XXXXXXXXXXX
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Annex F Aeroplane Variations

Introduction

With the increasing range of modern aircraft, for example the B777/A330, the CAA has concluded that within very carefully controlled circumstances and with a number of built-in compensating factors, it is possible to extend the FDP presently allowed for two-pilot crew.

The compensating factors are designed to prevent the onset of fatigue by requiring progressively an increase in days off, reduction of overall duty hours and a limit on the number of extended FDPs permitted.

Where operators' FTL schemes contain a number of different standard Variations each of which contain suitable compensating factors, there must be no overlap when using the Variations concurrently. For example where a Florida One Variation requires 3 days off afterwards and then a Level 2 Variation is to be used which requires a single day off beforehand, a total of 4 days off must be achieved between the two Variations.

Companies are invited to apply to incorporate any of the following variations:

Standard Variations Levels 1 and 2

Florida 1 and 2

1 Standard Variations, Extended Single Flight Duty Period

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 The Variations are identified as Level 1 and 2, allowing for an increase in the planned FDP of 30 and 60 minutes respectively. They are intended to allow flights from the UK and return, or a two-sector flight from or to the UK, within a single extended FDP.

Sector lengths over 7½ hours will continue to be factorised or will require an additional pilot as a flight crew member.

1.1.2 An operator wishing to utilise one of the Variations in this package can only employ one of the three that are available at any one time for each fleet of aircraft. In this context, where a mix of Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft is used and pilots are qualified on both, these two types are considered to comprise one fleet.

1.1.3 The selection of the level appropriate to a schedule must be nominated in advance by the operator and notified to all crew members. Where more than one schedule is affected, the more limiting will lead to the level chosen. For example, where one schedule requires an extension of 20 minutes and another 1 hour then Level 2 will be applicable to both schedules and all crew members involved.

1.3 LEVEL 2 - FDP Plus 60 minutes

Flight crew

a) The allowable FDP obtained from Table A may be extended by 60 minutes and a sector need not be considered as a multi-sector flight until the sector is scheduled for more than 7½ hours subject to the following conditions:

b) 2 local nights (minimum 34 hours) free from all duties must be achieved prior to an extended flight duty period.

c) Flight crew members must be acclimatised.

d) Commander's normal discretion to extend an FDP is reduced to a maximum of 2 hours with no more than 1 hour being exercised prior to leaving the initial point of departure.

e) Where a commander exercises discretion which uses any portion of the time allowed after leaving the initial point of departure, then a report will be submitted to the CAA.

f) One day off must be achieved following the extended FDP.

g) A maximum of 3 extended FDP flights may be undertaken in any consecutive 28 day period.

h) Maximum duty hours will be 180 hours in any 28 consecutive day period in which the use of this extension takes place.

i) Minimum number of days off for flight crew operating one or more of these flights will be 9 days in any period of 4 consecutive weeks in which the use of this extension takes place.

j) Despatch crew must not be used.

k) Extension of FDP by split duty is not permitted.

January 2004

loolks like you guys are being shafted. What about your local dca? Are you guys landing in europe past discretion? this ops director's either doesn't understand the rules or he's a very naughty fella!

35 guys left in the past twelve months and some of the were mauritians! Guess that says it all. I left too. I loved the lifestyle but I couldn't handle the attitude from the top. The union president is just getting a double dose of what we all had every day we operated. Its a poisoned paradise and BTW, the service isn't up to much either these days. The cabin crew get the same c***as the tech crew the place can't last if it keeps the same management. They have a severe pilot shortage and my advices don't go if you don't have to. You might have a psychological examination if the ops director doesn't like you! That stays on your record, not his!

Hi boys and girls!

So, I see things have been busy here of late! Not good for the prospects of world aviation if these guys not stopped in their tracks. Makes Malaysian and Ryanair seem like amateurs!

Not gonna get within a bargepole distance from the place. Thought I would never have to say that, but on my holiday there with the Mrs, I will be on BA! They might be pompous and have the stiff upper lip attitude, at least they treat the drivers properly, and the service isn't too shabby either. Would not want to be on an AM plane with demotivated and tired pilots... Speak of a cocktail, hey? No thanks.

And
Time for the ops director to have his head examined :E

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No point to waste time fighting such a management. Vote with your feet. There are many good jobs out ther. No need to take that kind of c****. A330/340 ratings are at a prime on the market. So be an inflight relief, first ofiicer or skipper in that kind of outfit... :ugh:

Well done Bjoe1 :D

More are in the pipeline. Trouble is it makes it only harder for those who stay behind though. Not fun for them right now. Latest I heard is the in-flight relief guys getting €7000+, i.e. above the original parc contract you mentioned in one of your posts. (BTW, where did you see it? Parc did not have it on its site) Its more dough than the an expat skipper makes, let alone the poor local drivers.:\

Just a thought for those in hell... MK code shares with Air France on the CDG run. Why don't you people ask help from the French pilot union? They might ask AF to make some enquiries on MK. Also, I am sure that as share holders, BA, AF and AI would all very troubled about MK not respecting the CAP371. Look: either you base yourslf on it and follow it, or you dont. You cant have both ways, use it and abuse it! Its as simple as that.

Any news on the union pres? Hows the poor guy holding up. Just met some MK crews down route and seems like he's got a lot of support. Guess its just the management that hate him. One things for sure, everones talking about it and it aint warm and fuzzy. Theyre going to have one helluva industrial problem if it doesn't get sorted. Good luck mate!

Understand he still is grounded according to the latest rumour mill:(

Not for long he wont !!
Hurd the musical chair has already started to find out who will take the wrap for this crap. They're desperate(management) for a face saving exit. Hope Russlan kicks them in the ... :mad:

IFALPA´s on top of the situation as far as I´ve heard.

Keep it up Russlan - the whole pilot community is behind you. SAS pilots going there on short term contracts will all pull out if you say the word.

XXXX AM management - they can visit the shrink!

Kingsnake

Oh, go one then....... Its the case of 'do as I say not as I do' innit?
Rand, Assertive, Virile, Impish. The PB stooge was a naughty boy and got himself seriously reported for his troubles. The cabin attendant didn't appreciate his uninvited, unwelcome attentions (Itell you, some guys just never use their speedbreaks!) and the hotel did'nt either. MK management have done absolotely nothing which is odd cuz they lurva good lynching. Just too busy sharpening there darts to fire at Russlan I guess. BTW has anyone seen PB acting 'strange' l8ly?

Thanks AP !! You helped filling the picture... Don't expect anything to come out of it , you dont shoot your own tin soldiers especially in you are in the:mad: !
Call me bloodthirsty if you want but I'm getting to love glidingmike's idea more & more everyday, AF drivers would relish the thought of doing some squeezing as xmas is behind the door & Mk is flying like mad to Paris...:E

Come on you MALPA guys call in the cavalry !!

What you really need is for the Union to show that they are what they say: "united" as in "all for one, one for all"! Stop work untill the President is restored to normal operation.

As of right now, airplanes do not fly themselves and if any one wants to come in and fly your airplanes, have a talk with them and explain to them the folly of their intentions.

At some point the membership has to take a stand, otherwise you can save your dues.

Following your question on PB . Well AP, as I said before the musical has probably stopped now & guess whose left standing ??...
You should also be wary of a cornered beast they tend to become unpredictable...

Just herd that another stoog, RMcG (767 fleet chief) did not approve flughts requested by mauritan pilots on his fleet for month of september; he did for the expats. In efect, he reinvented apartheid on Mauritius, in Air Mauritius against Mauritians... :yuk:

BTW has any body been on the cranfield flight safety course and come out with a qualification that entitled them to request psych assessments on fellow crew who just happen to be union pres? or is that just another case of MK's unique take on rules, rules, any old rules???????:confused:

Shame, shame, shame on you R McG.

:yuk:

I hope that the new management is reading this. The truth is out there and wil one day come out... This time PB has gone that one step too far...

Fire PB! Now, that's what I call a face saving device. ANd will save money for the company too. He is responsible directly for all the mess Flight Ops is in right now, and that is starting to cost more and more!
Hey PB, leave us alone. Go and enjoy your retirement! There are so many much more competent and qualified people to do your job briliantly, and not **** it up the way you did!

Am not sure of how much mess PB has made, but take my word, it was ceratainly not without the help of JVJ! As I said, he got the boot from South African Airways. If you need info, get hold of SAALPA. They have some good goss on him...:E

As I have previsouly said, have a think abot the french pilot unions and the AF route to squeeze an thorough audit. You also code share with Air India. The Indian pilots association would be another useful route.


With ref to "Fatigue Avoidance MRU-CPT-MRU" and a 1 hour extension on teh Flight Time Limits

Sure Mr DFO. Lets ask what the SA authorities would lthink about you playing in their airspace with that kind of approach and attitude...

Let the SA CAA ask a few questions as to the basis of this change. Enough monkey business. Give them a heads up guys. :ok:

Chief Directorate Civil Aviation Authority
The Director General:Transport
Private Bag X193
Pretoria 0001
Republic of South Africa
Phone (27 12) 309 3471
Fax (27 12) 323 7007
[email protected]

So whats going on down there? The pres is still de-rostered? The best info to date has been dingduck2 hearing music and a**** slipping off the chairs but is there any broken glass and whose slitting his wrists? yet?
I think they are trying to wear they poor guy down and make this last and last and last until everyone has lost interest and they get to do whatever they want anyway.
But theres just too much of this about. First Ryannair, now some little operator in the middle of the ocean and then pretty soon the majors will be saying there's precedent. This PB must be awfully well connected if he can handle the local DCA, and anyone else he wants to.

Does anyone know him? Any more info? I thought halloween was over!

Hey guys if you think PB & JvJ are the problem you are wrong! ,well not completely... Those 2 are only nagging us because they have connections & Stooges, so if you only neutralise them the next emperor of China will only perpetuate the system. We must clean the whole Ops dept !!
The divide & rule tactic is in full swing, already patrick is feeling the heat ! We must unite now & send those Orcs back to middle earth, we'll resolve our differences later. When was the last time most of us can honestly claim they stood their ground ?? (this is for you Mario, Godspeed ! )

As for RMcG his moods swing so much he would shame a windshear !

My, oh my! This place is more exciting than Nip Tuck and Desperate Housewives put together! More suspense than in 24!

Who's JvJ anyway? May be he should try to flog some of that stuff on the in-flight duty free shop... Bet you Branson never thought of that one (yet)!:E

Rest assured that the bean counters would be delighted to see the duty free sales go up! What they gonna call it:
Air Mauritius, The Purvurt Airline

Or better:

Your Seks Mall in the Sky

:ok: :ok: :ok:

No wonder they are perverting the courese of justice with teh union president! Hold on mate, hope the SNPL is reading this and will alert the AF boys to get their :mad: into gear and come and check the books thoroughly!

Never thought that there could be SO MUCH excitement down there. Suddenly, I feel like dropping my CV in and coming to have a first hand look at those s***** myself, just for the heck of it! Always loved circus, especially the clowns :D :D :D





That calls for a visit not at the psychologist, but rather at the psychiatrist... Give the guy a tablet!

Just a thought, if his mood swings so much, why don't you call him "Windvane" RMcG
:) :) :)

PB is just the tip of the iceberg, the whole management is rotten to the core with few exceptions.
Remember the dissapearing money trick a few years ago.
This is not the first time a union president has been victimised.
One of the previous AEA presidents was told in no uncertain terms that whilst he held that position he'd never get c+t approval.

Best thing to do for any pilots there is what I did....... leave, save your sanity and your professionalism for a company that deserves it.

My, oh my, seems the rooster has come home to roost. Well done Pramil I always new you would go too far. As for that fool RM the last larf seems to be on you MATE. What about the nine G parrot and Salim the snake. Is he still squawking. Word in the corridors of gov here in the UK is that as foreign operators the CAA is having an “unofficial look”. What these jokers don’t seem to understand is that they are flying around foreign nationals into foreign airspace. They seem to miss the point of being accountable towards the aviation industry as a whole. To the President of the union, keep the battle, you WILL win this one!!!

Just a thought guys, but if the union pres is 'too stressed to fly' (BTW according the cabin crew, last seen at the beach stretched out on some fancy chair plugged into his ipod) and needs psychological assessment, what the hell about Pramil?

Now theres a REAL liability because he's always had a very nervous disposition, some might call it hysterical, and if anyone is stressed out right now its him. But he's OK to fly?????? I guess the flight safety manager must have assessed him as OK cuz that's part of his job now. Like he's qualified and all that.

Ask the cabin crew, who don't speak to Pramil but they watch his every move. Old Pramil no mates only has his stooges left but then, theyve got a lot to loose as well havent they?

Hi James64 ! you reckon I could get crew discount on those items??:E

Ap my friend you are dreaming ! don't forget Flight Safety is also run by his "stooges" ...

I agree with dingduck2 count my vote for glidingmike's plan.
Also, apart from CPT route you might be interested in having a closer look at the MEL/SYD trip Flight duty wise, I still hav a couple of things to sort out on it & will revert back after having checked my info...

Just got some more info about Pramil: he is refered to as "Darth Bany" nowadays!

A little story from the bush telegraph:
A few months back, one of the senior cabin crew became an Emergency Proceedures Instructor. After a little while, seeing that she was loosing money by being paid peanuts and having to drop good trips and work more in the office, she decided to quit instructing after her greivances fell into death ears.
So, Darth Bany "blew the fuse" (again) and ordered to get her FIRED becuase she would not comply with the working conditions he imposed!:mad: :mad: :mad:
However, since her original contract was still valid and that her instructor "contract" was a little addendum to the original cabin crew contract, nothing could be done to her... However, the bush telegraph sent the message through the cabin crew ranks and voila! No wonder they don't speak to him... He is not appreciated, loved or even respected anymore.What goes up will eventually come down!:E :ok:

Also cabin crew bush telepgraph says that some of the rostering people were asked to take more responsibility whilst not offered any new contract or extra money, so that they can crew the flights and pull AM thru the lack of crew crisis they are facing right now. As they refused one after the other to do extra work with no extra money, Darth Bany lost his cool again!!! Came up his favourite word again "Fire him"... :yuk: :yuk: :yuk:

So, who will he try to fire next?

Hope the union president stays his ground! The cabin crew are really behind the guy! They say "He has BIIIG balls!!!"
:ok: :ok: :ok:

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With a Darth Bany the DFO and his scrooges, who needs HALLOWEEN? Air Mauritius obvisouly needs no extra monsters, no extra disguises... It has it all :}

And one always remembers the special anniversaries of the departed ones even if they are not speaking 2 each other...

Obvisouly, one could not help to notice the presence of Master Yoda, Darth Bany... Guess the Union President will be Luke Skywalker then!:cool:

Ladies and Gentlemen!
Elvis has left the building!:E

This post has brought me back to prune. As an old bugger I have some info that may be interesting. Firstly dearest Bany was a young co on the 747. Good ol days. He was the union president, the same he is victimising today. P Pienaar was DFO and Bany wanted to be a captain. However the flight management of the day saw him as a loose cannon and were somewhat worried at giving him charge of an airliner. True to form, Bany hatched a plot. He accused the government of the day of issuing Mauritian passports to expats. He was on the watch list from the NIU. I can tell you that I personally flew with this man and he never impressed me. Very average. But he played the race card and won. On the evidence of the day it seems like old man Pi was correct. However the political acumen of the man is impressive, if only he flew that well!
On that subject Macgregor failed his initial command and his best buddy DP who was CP at the time washed his hands of his “good friend” that’s how useless the man was. He could not even enter a hold correctly. I personally flew with him and had to take control on more than one occasion. A very dear friend BC who was 767 CP walked into the office once Salim got his four bars and uttered the words “ heaven help us”. I did not know the nine G parrot however from what I hear he’s the same ol same ol. It is these people who are threatening to redefine certain crucial aspects in aviation unionism. They must be exposed for what they are and stopped at all cost.

Good on you Fuzzyduck !
it is halloween after all So all the skeletons must come out of the closet ...
I'm glad to hear God's given gift to Aviation DOES actually have a dodgy past...:E :
Since you are one of the oldtimers , what ever happened to the old bunch: Pritchard, Dyson , Pietersee ...? Any news ?
News on the jungle drums has it that the nineG parrot is aiming for JV's job . Not that it would improve things much I reckon !...

Thanks Fuzzyduck !
owe you one ducky. What a relief to hear such good news on the galactic empire ! To think one of them threw the book at me yellig that I got my licence in a pack of corn flakes... wonder where they got theirs...
Can't talk too much, just came out of the cooler for being very very naughty on this forum...
just a quick tip, wonder why we all have to fill these stupid immigration forms in & out of MRU ? more next time...

May the force be with you !...

Just heard a bit more to add to the toxic stew... apparantly, just after he had Russlan desrostered, Pramil tiried to have his licence revoked! We all know he has the DCA in his pocket and negotiates with them instead of MALPA and the APA but does he REALLY think he can have a guy's licence revoked because he says so? (Well, yes sadly, he does).
The DCA and IFALP should start to worry here, he's leading them down a slippery slope and they will still have a lotta 'face' to recover long after Mr. P is gone. He will indeed get a reputatation and a legacy alright, perhaps not quite what he was after!
Another thing, Mr P is now running around saying Russlan's nuts and that he is actually the one who is the victime of a conspirancy!!! Huhhh! Like 20 years 'I'll fire you, deroster him, you will fly' makes you a victime? Sorry mate, tonight you're on your own.

Darth Bany, your time is come. Music you must face. Haunt you the past will. Crumble your Empire will. Stooges of yours in hell will burn. Respect you will not ever have of your troops (unless slash your wrists or quit AM you decide)! Behind the rebels the Force is. Cause of their's is just!:ok: :ok: :ok:

Thanks Fuzzyduck for all the facts. The public now can decide who the hell those poor chaps have got to face now! I am told that the cabin crew, the pilots, the office staff want to see some drastic change in this company. I hope that the new management will realise that "God's gift" to aviation is one very sick (in the head) guy that has been jeopardizing flight safety and AM. He has single-handedly "created, encouraged and allowed to thrive a culture of bullying and intimidation" in the Operations section, and on board of aircrafts.

And now, whilst everydody is pissed off with the management, pilots are:
-intimidated to operate flights with captain's discretion
-intimidation to take aircraft despatched on MEL that captains are unhappy with
-made to fly some serious overtime and getting physically and mentally knackered
PLUS
-leave is cancelled
-flight requests not given to Mauritians
-flight deck experience is very low because of huge attrition
-in-flight relief guys are earning more money than the skippers

= perfect recipe for disaster!:( :( :(


I will not fly AM as a passengert UNTIL they sort this whole mess out. And the faster the better!


Those new blue-eyed boys running AM have no hands on experience of commercial aviation I am told.

Message to new AM Management:

Open your eyes and ears WIIIIIIDE big: ask for an urgent outside enquiry into your Operations section, because you are sitting on a mother of a problem, and everyone can hear the BOMB TIMER ticking away... Can you?

And when it will be too late, ignorance will not be an excuse! The chairman I understand is a hot shot lawyer. Hope he knows that much at least...

Jeez, Darth Bany is indeed some character!

Latest I heard:

A few years ago, when Chidambaram was the Managing Director, most directors got fed up working with him for his incompetence. They went to see the Prime Minister of the day, Jugnuth and told him they could not longer work with the fella. He told them that if they did not like it, they could p*** off.

In turn, Chidambaram decided to have a little revenge. He embarked on re-engineering the company. Hence, he decided to create 5 Chief Executive posts, and told all the directors that were already in the company that they will have to resign and reapply for the new, more powerful positions. He also said that he will head hunt abroad... There was a post called Chief Opertions Executive... Darth Bany had technically to resign to apply for this job, as the job of DFO was going to be scrapped all together. But Darth Bany refused... Somehow, he stayed as DFO with a COE on his head.On must bear in mind that besides his pilots licence, unlike a lot of his other management pilots, Darth Bany has not much in terms of accademic credentials... So getting the COE job was indeed out of his reach. He knew Chidambaram had cornered him on that one, but he managed to pull all the strings he had and stayed.

Somehow, Darth Bany ended up with not much to do and paced the corridors of his little FLight Ops Empire aimlessly days on end, feeling out of the loop and useless... Chidambaram was not able to move Darth Bany from his job as DFO. So, AIr Mauritius ended up with a FLight Ops Executive being paid big bucks, and wasting a truckload on a diminished DFO.

So, Darth Bany then orchestrated a little battle between ops and Darpoux and pulled a few strings and IOUs... Exit Darpoux, enter Johan van Jaarsveld, ex SAA VP with a bad track record with reference to treatment of pilots. ALso allegedly under investigation by the SA Scorpions (Elite anti-fraud squad) and potential owmner of a series of seks shops...

During his battles with Darpoux, and once the guy was gone, Darth Bany consolidated his power position. With JVJ, he claimed his right to run flight ops as JVJ was not a pilot... Hence, as he the power rises to his head, he f**** up the job, drops the ball many times and but manages to cover his tracks until he got caught with a pilot exodus that has become unmanageable. He tried all sorts of gimicks: getting skippers on the 340 and 767 to fly as in-flight relief, changing the way of logging flying hours for F/Os (so that bunk time would not count for log book and for Flight An Duty Time Limits), pushing people to fly over 18hours saying that it is legal ("It is legal because I am the DFO and say so"). [Hence why Mario has left MK] Of late, getting DCA to agree to impose 1 hour of Cpatain's discretion onto the crews, with total disregard to other provisions of the CAP371 level 2 extensions (see one of the previous posts)

The guy is out of control, and he is about to bring down the whole Air Mauritius with him. Indeed, ol' Piennar had a very good reason to keep the snake in teh bottle...

Meanwhile, Darth Bany has been saying that MALPA is a conspiracy of Franco-Mauritians and Muslim-Mauritians against a Hindu-Mauritian. Last time I checked, MALPA President, Russlan, was Hindu...

This guy lies, cons and will sell his own mother anyday to achieve his goal and quench his thirst for power.

The guy MUST go! Enough is enough. He thought that people will not figure things out one day? He thought that the whole world is dumb! Wrong assumption mate. Try again... But please, do yourslef, your family and everyone a f******* favour: GO AWAY! Leave us alone! You have already caused enough damage for the next 20 years!!! GO AWAY! Go and enjoy your retirement, NOW!!!! You will make SO MANY people HAPPY!