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Jan 24, 2008 | 12:15 pm

#98

mosburger

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: Asia/Europe

Programs: CX, OZ, MU (+AY, DL), Shangri-La, Hilton

Posts: 7,233

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Originally Posted by iahphx

So the Chinese gov't is going to impose extra penalties on any Chinese airline that crashes during the Olympics.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...terstitialskip

Boy, do I feel safer.

I guess they don't understand how ridiculous this makes them look.

I think it's a good move. The huge number of visitors involved will surely tempt Chinese airlines to loosen up maintenance and safety procedures to speed things up.

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