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banuthev: I am a bit confused, I am not a LAME, but scratches in the back and tail-strike - are they different ?
And for Landing Gear - it should have been a hard landing .. auto land gone wrong ?Comment
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I mentioned it sometime ago .. and TR is starting new routes, like RGN ..Not sure if this is discussed here before; but Tiger is pulling out of CMB in end of Aug as per airlineroute. net.
Also same website reporting Gan - CMB service by Maldivian which was mentioned here before.
http://airlineroute.net/2013/07/29/q2-gancmb-aug13/
BTW, TR did confirm the SIN-CMB route is too crowded, thanks to EK, UL (with it's massively undercut prices), CX, etc for the low end / Y class, and SQ crowding the upper end - a market which TR doesn't compete anyway ..Comment
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If the repairs are going to cost north of US$ 5-7 million and 6-8 months out of service then the airline might choose to junk this plane and pick up any of the 340-300s or even 340-600s selling now for US$ 6-10 million depending on the hours left before major OH...... Some of it is going to depend upon whomever the plane's owner is, too. If the plane is leased, there's a residual value that the leasing company is going to be expecting the plane to be worth at certain points in time. A leasing company could choose to take the insurance money and finish out the lease by providing a replacement plane of a like model.So, if it was me .. I would make the pilot do the test flight, post rectification
Well .. in reality, maybe they covered it from the media, but can't cover it from the other safety boards / Airbus / Insurers .. or if they do, then wait for SL to get downgraded / blacklisted ..
You can hide from media, but not from the people whom it matters ..
Ah, wait, here it is ..
http://avherald.com/h?article=465c7ef4&opt=0 (as quoted by CalgaryLankan .. )
Is this correct??? What's going to happened to 4R-ADA?
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That photo certainly shows that the aircraft had a very hard landing, and that is a tail strike, how else would it get that damage ?
Auto landing gone wrong?, i very much doubt that, surely this was a pilot error.., nose too high on landing !
I said this on here, or the Facebook post before, i spoke to some good friends (cabin crew) while they were on a stop over here in London, they said ALL SriLankan staff have been instructed NOT to talk about this incident, so obviously someone is trying to cover something up ??
Regards
Dave
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The runway at VCBI is currently using the CAT I ILS if i'm not mistaken, which in an auto land situation, only guides the plane to 200ft above the runway threshold after which point the auto pilot disengages and the pilot has to manually land the aircraft. So taking that into consideration, either way, whether it be a manual or an auto landing, it would most likely have to be pilot error in some way although I could be wrong.Comment
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i dont think we use CAT 1 ILS, isnt it CAT III ??? maybe i'm wrong....Comment
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From what I've heard going around in the Engineering department is that the scrapping of 4R-ADA has halted. This is due to some technician "accidentally" wiping off the FDR of 4R-ADA. Currently the #2 and #4 engines of the 4R-ADA have been removed from the aircraft to replace the engines of another A340 in the fleet, one of the PAC units has already been cannibalized, the APU has also been removed. Any maintenance and other investigations done by the Engineering Department has been stopped, and the investigations as I've heard are being conducted by the CAA of Sri Lanka. I'll keep updating on what's happening if I get to know any new news.Comment
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Sri Lanka national carrier needs experienced management to be profitable - Colombo PageSri Lanka national carrier needs experienced management to be profitable - Opposition MP
Fri, Aug 2, 2013, 12:39 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Aug 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka's loss making national carrier SriLankan Airlines need a management team with international experience in civil aviation in order to be profitable, the main opposition United National Party (UNP) says.
UNP parliamentarian and financial analyst Eran Wickramaratne said at a media briefing yesterday that one of the first steps towards creating a profitable SriLankan Airlines, was to have a Chairman and CEO with the necessary international experience in the aviation field.
Wickramaratne said that SriLankan Airlines was competing globally and it was imperative that people with the required qualifications or experience were placed at the helm.
He pointed out that the airline incurred a loss of Rs. 20 billion last year and the weak top management in the public sector is the reason for losses.
The MP noted that when unsuitable people are at the helm of public institutions, purely due to their political connections, the institution and the public both suffer losses.
Wickramaratne cited a recent incident of the head and deputy of the recruitment panel resigning following a disagreement due to the management's decision to employ two individuals under political pressure.
The national carrier had recently recruited six trainee pilots after conducting an exam, but due to political pressure employed two more persons who had not made the grade, he said.
According to the MP, subsequently the task of recruiting pilots was given to a Singapore based company on condition that their selections be submitted to the Aviation Minister for approval.
He said the incident proves that political pressure could still be used to obtain jobs at the national carrier.
The MP pointed out that when pilots who don't meet international standards are employed, it will be a case of playing with passengers' lives.
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Dave I do not agree with Emirates. It is true they increase the efficiency. But ultimately Emirates used UL rights, they took all key brains from UL. Ultimately they didnt increase any of the UL assets(including skilled human resources) or retain them. At the time they leaving we didnt had something for our own, while they just grew them selves with the help of UL. Emirates was built with help of PIA and grew with UL. Now devastating along with Qantas
. Still its a doubt that will benifit Qantas, or they will aslo ended up similar to Sri Lankan, where EK will grow through Qantas map and leave them aside in future.
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