indian carrier to join OW?
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indian carrier to join OW?
Since kingfisher has become bankrupt, will another indian carrier join OW? I will travel to AMD primarily. Since not many international cities and airlines are connected to AMD, it would be nice if an Indian carrier joins OW so I can connect to AMD via another Indian city on award travel. I know Qatar will join soon but I'm not sure about their award availability especially in December.
I am a *A gold based out of PHL and thinking about switching to AA ff because of all the good reviews for plat exc level.
Also will any Indian airlines join other alliances?
I am a *A gold based out of PHL and thinking about switching to AA ff because of all the good reviews for plat exc level.
Also will any Indian airlines join other alliances?
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Kingfisher may be getting assistance from EY soon. If it happens and Kingfisher resumes flying isn't known, nor is if they would still join the alliance. Oneworld has Sri Lankan joining soon, which covers a number of cities in India from CMB.
There is also the question of Jet. They have similar problems to Kingfisher (just not quite as bad) and are also being looked at by EY. If they go to oneworld or Star remains to be seen.
There is also the question of Jet. They have similar problems to Kingfisher (just not quite as bad) and are also being looked at by EY. If they go to oneworld or Star remains to be seen.
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Kingfisher may be getting assistance from EY soon. If it happens and Kingfisher resumes flying isn't known, nor is if they would still join the alliance. Oneworld has Sri Lankan joining soon, which covers a number of cities in India from CMB.
There is also the question of Jet. They have similar problems to Kingfisher (just not quite as bad) and are also being looked at by EY. If they go to oneworld or Star remains to be seen.
There is also the question of Jet. They have similar problems to Kingfisher (just not quite as bad) and are also being looked at by EY. If they go to oneworld or Star remains to be seen.
pprune dot org is an interesting place to get pilots' perspective on the matter, though they tend to espouse an impractically high standard and refer to us as "SLF" - "Self-loading-Freight".
What I'm saying here is that I'd be reluctant to book Kingfisher because of its management (and financial state) regardless of which alliance it belongs to.
FWIW AF is on my same "reluctant" list because they seem to have no problem launching aircraft manned by a crew that culturally or technically can maneuver it into a stall at cruise and fail to recover as it relatively slowly decends into the ocean with the loss of all aboard, a completely unforgiveable act imo. [/DIATRIBE]
John
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FWIW AF is on my same "reluctant" list because they seem to have no problem launching aircraft manned by a crew that culturally or technically can maneuver it into a stall at cruise and fail to recover as it relatively slowly decends into the ocean with the loss of all aboard, a completely unforgiveable act imo. [/DIATRIBE]
John
John
Air travel IS inherently safe, in all but the most remote of places.
I suppose you similarly don't fly AA because engines and tails have fallen off, don't fly Delta because they attempt to land in thunderstorms and encounter microbursts.
Who do you fly?
Cheers,
Cameron
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ummm he has a point on Air safety in India
I mean there have been numerous incidences of Air India pilots having never done pilot training.
On the other hand many other carriers have heaps of ex military pilots who are probably amongst the best in the world
I mean there have been numerous incidences of Air India pilots having never done pilot training.
On the other hand many other carriers have heaps of ex military pilots who are probably amongst the best in the world
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I don't agree with your premise to begin with, but this is just ridiculous. Nowhere is >10K fpm a "relatively [slow]" descent. You're awfully cavalier with your slinging of statements like "no problem launching..."
Air travel IS inherently safe, in all but the most remote of places.
I suppose you similarly don't fly AA because engines and tails have fallen off, don't fly Delta because they attempt to land in thunderstorms and encounter microbursts.
Who do you fly?
Cheers,
Cameron
Air travel IS inherently safe, in all but the most remote of places.
I suppose you similarly don't fly AA because engines and tails have fallen off, don't fly Delta because they attempt to land in thunderstorms and encounter microbursts.
Who do you fly?
Cheers,
Cameron
I flew Pulkovo Aviation from Helsinki to LED 5-6 years back... one of the scariest flights of my life!
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Air travel IS inherently safe, in all but the most remote of places.
I suppose you similarly don't fly AA because engines and tails have fallen off, don't fly Delta because they attempt to land in thunderstorms and encounter microbursts.
Who do you fly?
Cheers,
Cameron
I suppose you similarly don't fly AA because engines and tails have fallen off, don't fly Delta because they attempt to land in thunderstorms and encounter microbursts.
Who do you fly?
Cheers,
Cameron
That doesn't mean I don't keep in mind the shortcomings of each in making my choices. And if the traveling public was more informed and applied the same consideration, the economic pressure might eliminate some of the problem carriers or force them to amend their attitudes.
Flying is not inherently safe. Engines suffer uncontained explosions (e.g. A380), power distribution stuff self-destructs (two 787 incidents now, hardly friendly in an ETOPS airplane), tails fall off, fuselages develop unscheduled holes. Some of those events can be recovered by an experienced aircrew - which alas costs money.
On the human side, not all airlines have successfully emplaced Cockpit Resource Management (CRM) - happy-talk for assuring that the guys up front work as a team at all times; a few use barely-legal co-pilots, some who are paying for the privilege of sitting there and building up enough time to get a paying job; at least one is accused of influencing captains to save money by uploading less fuel than they would prefer; and some are blessed with a cadre of 'cowboy' pilots who are less conservative than their peers - they might, perhaps, skip de-icing because they 'know' the snow will blow off during the takeoff run.
So I make choices.
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I know Indigo is low cost-but Oneworld should try and integrate them
They are the only ones who make a profit in current conditions
Their aircraft are always clean,planes mostly on time
They are India's largest airlines and will grow bigger-much bigger than the others as it is the only one with low financial problems
Even spicejet will go bust soon-and needs to be saved by foreign investor(supposedly from Hong Kong).
They are the only ones who make a profit in current conditions
Their aircraft are always clean,planes mostly on time
They are India's largest airlines and will grow bigger-much bigger than the others as it is the only one with low financial problems
Even spicejet will go bust soon-and needs to be saved by foreign investor(supposedly from Hong Kong).
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FWIW AF is on my same "reluctant" list because they seem to have no problem launching aircraft manned by a crew that culturally or technically can maneuver it into a stall at cruise and fail to recover as it relatively slowly decends into the ocean with the loss of all aboard, a completely unforgiveable act imo. [/DIATRIBE]
Now if you're referring to company culture and you are personally familiar with the cockpit culture at AF, disregard everything I said. But I somehow doubt it.
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