Pakistan Airlines, Cleared to Land, Check Gear Down

[Phil1111 910]

A series of bizarre leads point to gear-up landing

New video shows evidence of engines hitting the runway with the gear UP.

Edited May 25, 2020 by Phil1111

[ryoder 1,384]

What...the...hell???

This is sounding as stupid as Asiana 214 flying into a seawall.

[ryoder 1,384]

Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/business/pakistan-fake-pilot-intl-hnk/index.html

[turtlespeed 212]

13 hours ago, ryoder said:

Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/business/pakistan-fake-pilot-intl-hnk/index.html

Whoah - 

No jumpin in Pakistan for me . . . 

[Guest]

On 6/26/2020 at 2:10 PM, turtlespeed said:

Whoah - 

No jumpin in Pakistan for me . . . 

India's the same way. There was a huge scandal almost ten years ago. The big tip-off was when the (female) pilot brought a 737 in really hard, more than once.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Fake-pilots-SpiceJet-suspends-woman-pilot/articleshow/7782644.cms

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2011/03/23/air_india_pilots_bought_fake_licences_57_others_showed_up_for_work_drunk.html

See also

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/indian-arrests-reveal-corruption-in-granting-of-pilot-licenses/2011/04/13/AFTaIkvD_story.html

I don't understand why countries with generally smart people feel the need to fake it, especially when it harms the reputations of other professionals where lives are at stake, such as in medicine.

Just seen where the UK and EU have banned Paki Air. Let's hope ICAO follows suit.

https://www.ibtimes.com/eu-uk-ban-pakistani-international-airlines-six-months-over-pilots-fake-license-3003954

Edited July 2, 2020 by Guest

[wmw999 2,121]

Is it important that she was female?

Wendy P. 

[nigel99 143]

On 7/2/2020 at 8:14 PM, wmw999 said:

Is it important that she was female?

Wendy P. 

Woman driver, we all know what they are like

There was a case in my local hospital in the UK, where a person practicing as a nurse had moved from Zimbabwe where they had only worked as a cleaner in a hospital. It was years before she got caught.

[ryoder 1,384]

After Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (in 2013) flew into the seawall for no good reason, I found this:

https://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-low-down-on-korean-airliner-pilots.html

While it is about Korea/Asiana, I'm sure it is not an isolated case.

[gowlerk 1,912]

On 7/2/2020 at 7:14 AM, wmw999 said:

Is it important that she was female?

Wendy P. 

First thing I noticed as well.

[gowlerk 1,912]

On 7/2/2020 at 6:26 AM, markharju said:

I don't understand why countries with generally smart people feel the need to fake it, especially when it harms the reputations of other professionals where lives are at stake, such as in medicine.

Training is expensive compared to bribes.