Just incredible.

[KevinAu 441]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4a1ae8c4&opt=0

[HighBypass 2,339]

OMG - Language difficulties too? Were the flight crew and cabin crew of different nationalities??

 

A startling find Kevin! 

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

Weird story. Reminds me of how some people fly the NGX in YouTube vídeos, lol.

[KevinAu 441]

OMG - Language difficulties too? Were the flight crew and cabin crew of different nationalities??

 

A startling find Kevin!

 

Yes. They are a flag of convenience carrier that use contract labor drawn from anywhere. Nobody on the crew may be from the same country.

[Holdit 551]

Yes. They are a flag of convenience carrier that use contract labor drawn from anywhere. Nobody on the crew may be from the same country.

 

What could possibly go wrong with that kind of setup?

 

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/string-of-failings-in-cork-crash-29957382.html

[Don t moderate me this way 882]

The Vereinigung Cockpit (German pilots' union), almost three years ago,  described NAI's business model essentially as an accident waiting to happen. The event at Kristiansand was close, very close.

 

(in German)
http://www.airliners.de/vereinigung-cockpit-kritisiert-geschaeftsmodell-von-norwegian/31503
 
The original press release by VC here (also in German):
http://www.vcockpit.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/detailansicht/news/vereinigung-cockpit-kritisiert-die-entscheidung-irlands-norwegian-air-international-eine-dauerhafte.html
 
And the reference to a former accident at Cork, involving similar structures (in English):
https://www.eurocockpit.be/stories/20140130/lessons-to-learn-from-the-fatal-cork-airport-accident

Edited December 7, 2016 by The Undecided

[ErichB 3,640]

That's ridiculous