Pakistani piloting perils
Posted: June 29th, 2020, 8:17 pm
In the unlikely event of my ever wanting to go to Pakistan I certainly won't be flying Pakistan International Airlines.
This report is the latest in a catalogue of disasters, landing (or more accurately attempting to land) an A320 havimg forgotten to lower the undercarriage - https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/pia ... 79.article
PIA has form for this type of thing - https://www.businessinsider.com/pakista ... ?r=US&IR=T
Then last week I read that hundreds of Pakistani pilots are flying with fake licences, having bought them from corrupt officials - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53182750
It would be interesting to see if there's any correlation between airline safety and corruption. I would expect that there is, as if officials are corrupt then airline safety must be a very tempting source of income ...
This report is the latest in a catalogue of disasters, landing (or more accurately attempting to land) an A320 havimg forgotten to lower the undercarriage - https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/pia ... 79.article
PIA has form for this type of thing - https://www.businessinsider.com/pakista ... ?r=US&IR=T
Then last week I read that hundreds of Pakistani pilots are flying with fake licences, having bought them from corrupt officials - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53182750
It would be interesting to see if there's any correlation between airline safety and corruption. I would expect that there is, as if officials are corrupt then airline safety must be a very tempting source of income ...