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Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
We have also to ask ourselves a question – who are the owners of the airlines in India and how close are they to the ruling regimes – of all colours? Even while banning the use, one particular airline has been given time. Other day, ET Prime had an article about this particular compromising on safety through its choices – deliberate or otherwise.
Boeing itself should take the initiative to ground this aircraft. It should disable the new feature that has caused two brand new aircraft, piloted by experienced commanders, to crash, with large loss of life. It should rework the safety feature, in light of data gleaned from the crashes as well as its detailed examination. These aircraft should either return to the skies without the feature, allowing pilots to deal with the issue of stalling as they traditionally have, or with a modified, flawless feature whose attributes have been thoroughly communicated to pilots. 2. For the DGCA to mandate 1,000 hours’ experience for the Commander, 500 for the co pilot is a packet of salted peanuts. At a time when so many countries have not only banned the operation of this model from their airports, but have also stopped it’s overflight, India is falling behind the curve.
We have also to ask ourselves a question – who are the owners of the airlines in India and how close are they to the ruling regimes – of all colours? Even while banning the use, one particular airline has been given time. Other day, ET Prime had an article about this particular compromising on safety through its choices – deliberate or otherwise.
India has grounded this aircraft, falling in line with the rest of a very worried world.
Boeing itself should take the initiative to ground this aircraft. It should disable the new feature that has caused two brand new aircraft, piloted by experienced commanders, to crash, with large loss of life. It should rework the safety feature, in light of data gleaned from the crashes as well as its detailed examination. These aircraft should either return to the skies without the feature, allowing pilots to deal with the issue of stalling as they traditionally have, or with a modified, flawless feature whose attributes have been thoroughly communicated to pilots. 2. For the DGCA to mandate 1,000 hours’ experience for the Commander, 500 for the co pilot is a packet of salted peanuts. At a time when so many countries have not only banned the operation of this model from their airports, but have also stopped it’s overflight, India is falling behind the curve.