Safety rating of Russian airlines

(Опубликован рейтинг безопасности российских авиакомпаний)
I have a doubt that these unsafe airlines had a chance to know about the right way of doing business.
Well, they might be still having a chance to fix their sloppy performance. They have to inject new blood in their management mentality. Otherwise, they have to prepare themselves for the final approach to the graveyard.

Date: 19 November 2009 commenting on http://turist.rbc.ru/

Delivery delayed of SSJ-100

It seems that the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 got infected with the “delay” virus from its fetal friend B787. Mr. Michael Bagdasarov of Armavia is right on his comment as the delay might be a strategic operational advantage for Armavia since there is no current high demand for more aircraft, and practically till the time again for the summer schedule.
In fact, B787 is not only a friend of Sukhoi SuperJet 100 considering the fact that there is an agreement between Sukhoi and Boeing since 19th of December 2002. The affiliation with Boeing may be the actual source of infection.

Date: 13 November 2009 commenting on http://www.russia-ic.com/

Hudson hero Chesley Sullenberger says cost-cutting airlines are risking lives

Salaries are supposed to be proportional to the cost of qualifying a person to have a specific profession. It does not make sense for a person to spend X amount of money to be qualified as a bus driver to have the same salary like a person who spends 10X amount of money to be qualified as a pilot. The cutting-cost considerations adopted by various airlines should not touch vital items like safety. Otherwise, it is an advantage for any airline to be efficient and cost effective. We know that pilots do not land on water everyday. However, they have to be ready to do that without advance notice. Thumb up for Captain Sullenberger who managed to land safely on Hudson River.

Date: 30 October 2009 commenting on http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

Air France warns pilots on safety procedures

The manufacturer’s manual and operation instructions should be fully respected and strictly followed by all pilots.

The Airbus A330 operating AF447 was assumably in a perfect flying condition at the end of the assembly line. Keeping that perfect condition is the responsibility of the maintenance teams. They are supposed to handle all periodic checks of the aircraft. In that respect, field remarks from the pilots should be seriously dealt with by maintenance teams. Both maintenance teams and pilots are the human tools of any airline to keep the fleet up. Definitely, we are not expecting the managing directors of AF to check every single aircraft themselves.

Having said so, we are not excluding the possibility of Airbus to be the reason behind the June crash of A330 in the Atlantic Ocean.

Regarding the idea of having a more dependable medium for the flight information, I reached the same conclusion of having a backup system on the ground on my posting of 08JUL 2009 which can be found here: http://airlinologist.blogspot.com/2009/07/missing-black-box.html

Date: 26 October 2009 commenting on http://online.wsj.com/

Resumption of flights between Zhuliany airport and Zaporozhye

So, Zaporozhye passengers can make a choice when flying to Kiev between Air Urga to Zhuliany airport and Motor Sich Airlines to Borispol airport.
Although there is no competitive difference between the prices offered by the two air carriers, the true advantage is with Motor Sich because it flies to Borispol International Airport which might be more convenient for passengers connecting with international flights.
There is no point of comparing the prices offered in Zaporozhye and the prices available in the relatively nearby Dnepropetrovsk as both prices are still high enough to invite any Low Cost Carrier to join the competition. After all, it is just a domestic flight of about 75 minutes.
Reconstructing the runway of Zaporozhye airport is definitely a good idea but it might entice Wizz Air to share the business cake as I concluded before that Wizz Air does not like bumpy runways (http://airlinologist.blogspot.com/2009/10/wizz-air.html).
Email: management@ultraconsultants.net

Date: 24 October 2009 commenting on http://rynok.biz/a/2009/10/23/Iz_ajeroporta_Zaporozhja_vo?CommentID=f5a04f7a-f5ad-4b18-8e08-0de0c86f16a4&readcomment=1#comment

Aeroflot to Russia

This is a pretty amusing article.
My comments are mainly on the humorous side.
That was an interesting pun to associate Aeroflot with Scare-a lot. I admit that I have not seen it anywhere before.
My advice to you is not to reapply your makeup 25 times. Please note that the maximum lawful allowed number of times is 24 times only.
You made it clear at the beginning of the article that you are not interested to fly the plane yourself. However as a solution for the limited space for you and your relatively large bag, you thought of hanging your legs outside the window. I thought about it and I concluded that your legs would negatively affect the balance of the aircraft. Any protruding object outside the fuselage will mess with the aircraft’s basic aerodynamics. If there was no any other viable alternative for your legs, you had to fully cooperate with the captain as your legs would be equally treated as an additional aileron. Moreover, just in case if you are in favor of that option, you need to remove your shoes as they could be easily swallowed by the jet engine.
It is very strange for the seat numbers to be on the ceiling about two feet above eye level. Since the aircraft ceiling can not be 2 feet higher than your height, I am wondering if you boarded Aeroflot aircraft while it was in a vertical position similar to the space shuttle. The ceiling would be too far in that case for the average person.
Thank you for triggering my sense of humor to go on a rampage like that.
Keep writing!

Date: 02 October 2009 commenting on http://letsgogirl.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/aeroflot-to-russia-where-time-flies-and-anything-goes/

BA all-business flight grounded by engine fault on second day

What a joke! What a bungled promise!
Did we hear about sacking someone for the job badly done?
They can make only noise without delivering something tangible.
They forgot to advertise that the service is intended for business passengers who prefer to waste their valuable time waiting at the business lounge.
Sir Richard Branson is definitely lucky to compete with such an inefficient management team.

Date: 01 October 2009 commenting on http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article6855387.ece

Why it’s better to be with a virgin

It is not an easy task for a brand to be so distinctive like that.
Virgin America managed, so far, to be among the leaders in the area of brand recognition.
One more advantage to fly Virgin America is that it will be “Virgin” America forever regardless of how many passengers will be onboard.

Date: 22 September 2009 commenting on http://rodgerbanister.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/why-its-better-to-be-with-a-virgin/

Coffee prices are making me jumpy

Oh poor Starbucks’ customers!
They have been innocently wrung between the competition strategies of Mc Donald’s and Starbucks. The result is that they have to pay higher prices to get their preferred coffee taste.
Obviously, this is not a case of “loyal customers” as loyal customers are not supposed to be appreciated that way. Starbucks’ customers are paying higher prices as a result of being addicted to the taste of Starbucks coffee.
The article unintentionally gives drug dealers a good lesson for optimally pricing their illegal merchandise.

Date: 14 September 2009 commenting on http://utah-economist.blogspot.com/2009/09/coffee-prices-are-making-me-jumpy.html

Minimum Equipment List (MEL)

Commenting on (Jeffrey Neuin):
It makes a lot of sense for the penalty to be that heavy.
The monetary penalty is supposed to be greater than the average profit obtainable from operating the aircraft during the time of abusing the MEL provision.
The idea of the big penalty is to DETER the operators from thinking of violating the applicable regulations. Thus, it will be a matter of mere insanity rather than a business risk if the operators deliberately violate the rules.
Email: management@ultraconsultants.net

Date: 12 September 2009 commenting on http://www.delray-aviation.org/?p=651