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I never bothered to look :)
Oil now in bear country, down more than 20% from the recent high and the latest operating stat's looked very good. Headwinds abating and robust demand at better yields...and they seem to be coping with their engine drama's with about 6% more RPK's flown....Hmmmm
They would not use unqualified pilots. But their training to obtain their qualifications do not meet the standard required in many countries. In many Asian airlines the training is purely in a simulator until they do their first real flight as a second officer on a jet airliner. They do not go through the traditional flight schools that we have here in NZ, and many Asian pilots have never hand flown any aircraft in their entire career.
The Asiana (Korean) flight 214 that crashed in San Francisco about 5 years ago had 3 pilots on board, none of whom were qualified to fly a visual approach as instructed.
Thank you Jantar.
Share price back over $3 ...good stuff
Hmmm...hard to beat 600 hours or thereabouts in command of real Cessna's and similar isn't it !
Something that gives quite a bit of comfort when aboard an AIR A320 landing in wild weather at Wellington, and yet another reason why Jetheap are on my never again list.
Yes Winner, back above the 30 day MA line, starting to look more encouraging.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/money/busi...cid=spartandhp
New safety video a global hit with 6 million views in just the first day ! You can't buy publicity like that. The folks at the marketing department at AIR are real guru's !
According to the “black box” data found in the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, the airspeed indicator malfunctioned on its last four flights but was replaced( by another faulty one?)
Also suggests an "experienced "pilot should be able to deal with it.
Boeing issues safety bulletin on 737 Max aircraft following Lion Air ...https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/7/....karta-indonesi...
2:02Warning on Boeing 737 Max planes after Indonesia crash | Watch ...
As this unfortunate event has nothing to do with Air New Zealand and they do not fly this type of plane I do not see the relevence of your post here.
Furthermore if you wish to discuss this somewhere else I suggest that you reference industry related sources and stop incorrectly re-interpreting what you read to suit your biases.
There is a known sequence of events and over the coming months more factual evidence should be uncovered.
Everything else is currently conjecture.
Sorry im not starting another thread up. I agree that the facts will be found and a conclusion reached,everything else is conjecture, guesswork, opinion, surmise etc. I don't believe im incorrectly interpreting anything as its my opinion based on what ive seen and read. Im not saying it is inexperienced pilot error(how could i) but thats one factor to be debated along with faulty instruments. There are thousands of 737's out there and AIR uses them too.. I believe AIR is rock solid with its pilot training but other airlines are not. Refer to Jantars link . It is indeed tragedy.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12157534
Beagle Buys !
Air New Zealand working with ATR to develop hybrid electric planes
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ATR chief executive Stefan Bortoli said the company believed turboprop technology would be an essential part the future of air transport.
''Hybrid and electric aircraft clearly are in that way forward. The combination of ATR and Air New Zealand jointly exploring the huge opportunities and implications on the whole regional aviation ecosystem is the perfect team,'' he said.
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Air transport commentator Onion speculated that "The planes would be equipped with pedals in economy class. He expects that Air New Zealand will reward AirPoints customers based on the effort they put in, particularly during takeoff." He rebuffed speculation that the planes would have Team New Zealand style cycling pedestals as seen the last Americas Cup contest.