Mitch Cronin Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Odd title eh?..."what's he mean by that?" you may be wondering.... Not much, it's just a part of a conversation I had recently with a fellow AME at work... We were wondering why it is people will so readily presume airplanes are being maintained properly.... Anyway, we came up with that as a minimum requirement. If the country you're in can't offer a safe supply of drinking water, then it's a very safe bet their state-run airline is of the serious chicken-s#it variety and you'd best avoid hopping aboard! I reckon the only reason some outfits continue to fly is because the aircraft manufacturer did a great job of building the machine! When that little bit of good fortune has been used up, it's luck and and the skills of their (probably very hungry ex-pat) pilots that keep what's left of the bird flying. So if you ever see something like ....ohhh I don't know, maybe some South American manufactured airplane whose quality control is less than that at Boeing, flying with some third-world country's airline, run the other way, very fast! There, I've said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Anyway, we came up with that as a minimum requirement. If the country you're in can't offer a safe supply of drinking water, then it's a very safe bet their state-run airline is of the serious chicken-s#it variety and you'd best avoid hopping aboard! Good thing that Canada doesn't have a state-run airline, eh? INSIDE WALKERTON - Canada's worst-ever E. coli contamination Contamination of Aboriginal Water Resources Safe water for First Nations Chlorine contamination linked to small batches Water rises to top of list for environmentalists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 :Canada, all in all, surely does NOT qualify as a place without safe drinking water on tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woxof Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Mostly true overall I would think. I know Ethiopian Airlines has a good reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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