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[The Cane]

Air NZ is a really good airline. I have flown with them a couple of times. But I don't take these ratings seriously, especially when they have a total fleet size of 64 with less than half of those in wide body aircrafts that can do long haul. How can you compare them with American behemoths with over a 1000 planes? When they get to having more than 200 planes we will see where they stand. With size and scale comes complexity and inconsistency. That is why only very very few large good businesses become great.

I hear you man. It's just that as somebody who has flown quite a lot, I have found these ratings to be useful to me, especially the ones done by SkyTrax. If they say an airline is good, I tend to agree if and when traveling on that particular carrier. The other thing is that when you have multiple sources ranking the same airline high, then I do believe that is cause to sit up and take notice. In the end, it's always about experiencing for yourself and reaching your own conclusions. Same thing when it comes to mongering right? I think so!

[Blanquiceleste]

As Forbes notes, AirlineRatings.com has Air New Zealand at number 2 in the world (had been number 1 the previous 5 years): https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericros...es-is-out-now/#316 f1 cea470 f. And according to Apex, Air New Zealand is a 5-Star global airline: https://apex.aero/ratings2019/winners. I tend to go with SkyTrax, but any way you cut it, there are a lot of people out there who think Air New Zealand is pretty good! I have never flown them myself, but one day I want to visit New Zealand, and I hope I can fly there in Air New Zealand!

Air NZ is a really good airline. I have flown with them a couple of times. But I don't take these ratings seriously, especially when they have a total fleet size of 64 with less than half of those in wide body aircrafts that can do long haul. How can you compare them with American behemoths with over a 1000 planes? When they get to having more than 200 planes we will see where they stand. With size and scale comes complexity and inconsistency. That is why only very very few large good businesses become great.

P.S. - They may never even get to 200 in this century, given they have been in operation since 1965!

[SaltyPete]

Yes! Those highly trained Western pilots with BA took off and landed at the wrong airport. Safely. I am just curious if they looked outside the window and noticed that they have not left the island; as in no water crossing. Or if they even had one of those current position flight maps shown on the in seat video entertainment system.

They were flying to the destination they (and the flight plan) were dispatched to. The third party (contracted) airline messed up the destination for the flight. The flight wasn't operated by BA.

[Bushes]

LOL! All thanks to the boys who like to poke their finger into orifices and peeing all over the places. No offense meant to the statues!

[AussieGaigin]

Ethiopian airlines is a well respected airline that has a history of high standards in maintenance and purchasing modern quality aircraft. They fly extensively into Europe where regulators are very strict on the standards airlines maintain. Boeing installed a shoddy system with minimal information and training. The aircraft have been sold extensively around the world so don't know what your point is about supposedly shithole countries.

Despite this, some "experts" have expressed alarm that the 2nd pilot allegedly had only 200 hrs flying experience.

[Mogwai]

Yes! Those highly trained Western pilots with BA took off and landed at the wrong airport. Safely. I am just curious if they looked outside the window and noticed that they have not left the island; as in no water crossing. Or if they even had one of those current position flight maps shown on the in seat video entertainment system.

It seems they were given the wrong flight plan so this was not pilot error.

[Bushes]

Yes! Those highly trained Western pilots with BA took off and landed at the wrong airport. Safely. I am just curious if they looked outside the window and noticed that they have not left the island; as in no water crossing. Or if they even had one of those current position flight maps shown on the in seat video entertainment system.

"Beyond the numbers, a qualitative problem is becoming a concern, according to Jean-Michel Bigarre, head of global flight training at Airbus. "A looming pilot shortage is coupled with variation in the level of training worldwide," he tells Aviation Week.

[SaltyPete]

That explains a lot LOL.

This just in from Aviation Week and Space Technology:

Airbus Takes Aim At Inconsistent Pilot Training Quality.

"Beyond the numbers, a qualitative problem is becoming a concern, according to Jean-Michel Bigarre, head of global flight training at Airbus. "A looming pilot shortage is coupled with variation in the level of training worldwide," he tells Aviation Week.

National authorities lack uniformity in pilot training regulation. Airbus safety experts also see "strange things in poor countries where air transport is growing very fast—suspiciously quick pilot qualification and fraudulent flight-hour accounting. " They are addressing the problem at the airline level. ".

[Mogwai]

Oh, and by the way, you did leave out one key fact. The KLM pilot tried to take off before he was fully cleared to do so. Man, that Dutch inattention to safety is a killer!

Exactly. Meanwhile we still manage to keep our feet dry here in Holland, below sea level.

[Mogwai]

Mogwai, my reference to shithole countries came directly from POTUS (LOL). He used the term to describe countries that were, you know, shit.

(Go Trump 2020).

That explains a lot LOL.

[The Cane]

As Forbes notes, AirlineRatings.com has Air New Zealand at number 2 in the world (had been number 1 the previous 5 years): https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericros...es-is-out-now/#316 f1 cea470 f. And according to Apex, Air New Zealand is a 5-Star global airline: https://apex.aero/ratings2019/winners. I tend to go with SkyTrax, but any way you cut it, there are a lot of people out there who think Air New Zealand is pretty good! I have never flown them myself, but one day I want to visit New Zealand, and I hope I can fly there in Air New Zealand!

Sorry guys! I did not mean to post this here. Was jumping around between threads and thought I was in a different one. My apologies.

[WestCoast1]

I have an upcoming flight with Cebu Pacific, and online I upgraded to the nicer seat and food when I purchased the ticket with my CC. Recently I got an email from CP informing me that they have upgraded their food service, and I have several (nice) listed choices besides the boxed sandwich that I purchased previously. Nice. The email said that CP has already replaced my previous meal purchase with one of their upgrades (the email doesn't say which upgraded meal choice). They encouraged me to go online and choose a different such listed meal if I desire. For fun, I decided to do that. Once logged into my CP account and found my flight, a message popped up that says I have a balance of p150-ish. Huh? I ignored that and clicked to change my meal. The message came back up saying that I must settle up my bill before I can make any changes. OF COURSE, they have upgraded my meal (without my consent) from the cheap boxed sandwich to the upgraded nice meal, and then charged me for it (well, that's a good guess). Quite possible they are going to want me to pay that at the check-in counter at the airport before they let me proceed.

[Chocha Monger]

It could be anal Warts. Be careful barebacking her. You will catch it or even rubbing your testicles will cause problem. You need to get her tested. I do not think it is hemorrhoids. If it is she would have gone to the doctor already saying there is blood coming. Warts does not bleed easily.

Well, the horse already bolted from the barn if it is indeed a spectacular case of anal warts. They are extremely contagious and life will be intolerable with a bad case of genital warts on one's nut sack. It will mean frequent visits to the doctor to have them frozen and scraped off the unfortunate nut sack, as they are incurable.

Even if the bunch of grapes hanging out of her butthole is just a bad case of hemorrhoids, the sight of it is enough to make most mongers lose wood instantly. Sadly, hemorrhoids (locally known as 'almoranas') are very common among Filipinas. You will even find girls in the 18-24 years-old range with hemorrhoid-disfigured buttholes, and they never even went through pregnancy. I suspect the Filipina love of huge quantities of white rice and the lack of safe drinking water take a huge toll on their buttholes.

[Sammon]

I was with a girl doing her doggy and looking down at her ass and saw hemorrhoids. Almost went soft at the sight. She was great in all other respects, is college educated, and has a superior job, She wants to see me again. She will not accept any form of payment, I pay for meals and taxis. I am debating about telling her I saw the protuberances and to get them surgically fixed if we are to meet again because I enjoy a little ass play .

It could be anal Warts. Be careful barebacking her. You will catch it or even rubbing your testicles will cause problem. You need to get her tested. I do not think it is hemorrhoids. If it is she would have gone to the doctor already saying there is blood coming. Warts does not bleed easily.

[Golfinho]

The two pilots involved y.

Ethiopian Airlines is a Star Alliance member. The airline, like the country, its economy and politics is a virtual vassal state (err, close ally) of the USA. Take note of the nationalities tallied in the death flight.