Thailand Again Fails FAA Inspection
Mar 18, 2019, 10:00 pm
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(The "m" in mAX is silent.")
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Mar 19, 2019, 5:19 am
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For at least the past 9 years business has put pressure on the US government to reduce regulation and let it self regulate. Too much business self regulation ends up in a 737 mAX. The 737 was a cow that was milked too much by Boeing. The FAA and other US air transportation regulatory agencies will now be under pressure to be more active and aggressive in its regulatory responsibility.
Edit: The answer may involve hiring a new administrator from DL flight ops, as was announced today. I suppose we'll see.
Spend some money at the right hotels and buy a Mar-A-Lago membership or two and TG would probably pass the next day.
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Mar 19, 2019, 6:45 pm
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ICAO and EASA has done their audit in Thailand and has no issues. FAA tries to barge into countries or tries to invite themselves to countries that has no direct flights to the US. Many in Asia has rejected their self invitation. And now with the saga of the 737 Max, their reputation has taken a nose dive. To be honest EASA has a much better reputation than FAA in most countries. Now EASA is saying that they will not allow the 737 Max to fly in EU until they themselves are satisfied even if FAA lifts the ban.
Mar 19, 2019, 9:53 pm
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ICAO and EASA has done their audit in Thailand and has no issues. FAA tries to barge into countries or tries to invite themselves to countries that has no direct flights to the US. Many in Asia has rejected their self invitation. And now with the saga of the 737 Max, their reputation has taken a nose dive. To be honest EASA has a much better reputation than FAA in most countries. Now EASA is saying that they will not allow the 737 Max to fly in EU until they themselves are satisfied even if FAA lifts the ban.
Mar 20, 2019, 12:48 am
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ICAO and EASA has done their audit in Thailand and has no issues. FAA tries to barge into countries or tries to invite themselves to countries that has no direct flights to the US. Many in Asia has rejected their self invitation. And now with the saga of the 737 Max, their reputation has taken a nose dive. To be honest EASA has a much better reputation than FAA in most countries. Now EASA is saying that they will not allow the 737 Max to fly in EU until they themselves are satisfied even if FAA lifts the ban.
One problem with the 737 mAX appears to be that the FAA let Boeing do the work for the FAA instead of the FAA paying its own experts. The other problem with the 737 AX is that it is from a cow that has been milked too much. AX the mAX, a freak of an airplane.
Mar 21, 2019, 1:47 pm
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Actually, CAAT follows the regulations from both EASA and FAA but they weight the regulations from EASA higher than FAA because THAI has so many direct flights to/from Europe. EASA also sending their aviation experts to helped Thai regulator before Thailand passed the latest ICAO audit.
As for FAA, they may have cut their budgets but I know from first hand knowledge that they have offered to a couple of countries in Asia to come and do a safety audit though there are no US airlines flying into these countries.
Nov 11, 2019, 7:00 am
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according to German aviation online news "AERO" (https://www.aero.de/news-33117/FAA-s...ing-herab.html) Thailand has been downgraded to CAT II by FAA again (same as Malaysia)?
Is that new or have I just missed that out....
Is that new or have I just missed that out....
Nov 11, 2019, 9:19 am
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according to German aviation online news "AERO" (https://www.aero.de/news-33117/FAA-s...ing-herab.html) Thailand has been downgraded to CAT II by FAA again (same as Malaysia)?
Is that new or have I just missed that out....
Is that new or have I just missed that out....
Not aware of any recent changes.
Nov 12, 2019, 3:37 am
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Thanks, DH188
today's BKK Post article is confirming that: (https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/17...urces#cxrecs_s)
"The downgrade places Malaysia in the same FAA category as Thailand, which was downgraded to Category 2 in December 2015 and has since tried unsuccessfully to restore the Category 1 rating".
I just missed / forgot that
today's BKK Post article is confirming that: (https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/17...urces#cxrecs_s)
"The downgrade places Malaysia in the same FAA category as Thailand, which was downgraded to Category 2 in December 2015 and has since tried unsuccessfully to restore the Category 1 rating".
I just missed / forgot that
Dec 13, 2019, 5:36 am
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Furthermore the issues FAA highlighred are non compliance issues and may have got nothing to do with the safety.
Dec 23, 2019, 5:56 pm
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Even if they were allowed, chances are slim that TG would launch direct flights to the US - they have tried before and failed, as the premium market is not there to sustain in financially.
Dec 24, 2019, 11:05 am
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More generally, TG can't really make anything work these days. The issue's not the route, but how the airline is run.
Dec 25, 2019, 7:33 am
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Dec 25, 2019, 6:50 pm
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Honestly the standard has gone down the drain. I would not fly TG if I have a choice. It's over staffed, cronies and family members appointed to useless positions, no one takes any responsibility. Most of the senior management wait for their pensions.
When a government official flies you can see them running up and down. When a commercial passenger complains they ignore it.
When a government official flies you can see them running up and down. When a commercial passenger complains they ignore it.