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Old Mar 14, 2008, 10:20 am
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adampenrith
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bargara Australia
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Garuda or Merpati

I have flown on both and find them both to be satisfactory.

When you consider the accident on GA last year, it was pilot error, he was warned many times by warning devices that there were issues with the landing, yet like many Asian pilots continued on rather than to go around.

This is the Asian community saving face. To go around would mean admitting to the world that his judgement or skill was inadequte, so far better in the mind to take the risk - and end up killing people.

The only issue with this is that he is still alive - and now on a suicide watch in prison.

Indo is a hugely populated country and many thousands of people fly evey day, so EU ban of Indo aircraft is a bit of a furfy in my opinion.

It has cost me FF points on NW as I have not been able to fulfill NW criteria of travel at least once in 3 years. Been back and forth between SYD and DPS but while the bad is on not able to acrew partner points.

Adam
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