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Lion Air Stands Firm on Canceling $22 Billion Boeing Jet Orders
Lion Air Mentari’s owner is sketching out plans to become one of the world’s largest budget carriers, while also preparing to scrap $22 billion in Boeing Co. jet orders out of anger at the manufacturer’s response to an October air disaster. Rusdi Kirana, the co-founder of Lion Air, Indonesia’s biggest airline, mapped out the seemingly contradictory goals in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday. The crash that killed all 189 people aboard a Boeing 737 Max won’t derail his ambition to expand the… (www.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Let's wait to see the accident report. Methinks the pilots will get the Lion's share of the blame.
Tis' the poor carpenter that blames his tools.
It is in Boeing's best interest to sell their jets only to customers who know how to properly operate them.
100% True. However, regardless of Lion Air, the recent 737 Max incident did strike a chord along all operators that Boeing was not fully upfront, and if so, something was seriously amis in communication. New or not, every pilot needs to be informed of all systems and how to react.
That goes for all aircraft operators. Lately I have seen a trend to put inexperienced pilots in positions they have no place operating sophisticated aircraft. When I was coming-up the unwritten rule was that you had to have a minimum of 1000 hours multi-ifr before any operator of heavy turboprop or the first jet job needed this minimum in order to be marginally proficient. Now they are grinding out 250 hour wonders and sticking them in the right seat of any aircraft like the 757's and 767's where they have no business. Quoted from an 18,000 hour pilot. There is a fair amount of animosity between high time and low time pilots. Again, this situation happened with a low time FO. This individual lost it and burst into tears because of the turbulence (CAT). How will that individual peform in a real emergency? (Sorry for the length)
Meh. Unless they take better care of their aircraft, they'll find that at A320 makes about the same size of SPLASH.