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  • The Singapore Airshow 2010


    The Singapore Airshow 2010, a 6-day event, taking place from 2 to 7 February, has reps from 60 countries. Ongoing now until Feb 7, the event’s website is located here:

    http://www.singaporeairshow.com/

    “Public Day” tickets are available online. Flying displays are scheduled on the 6th and 7th, at 11:30am – 1:00pm and 3:00pm – 3:30pm.

    The Airshow is being held at the Changi Exhibition Centre.

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    Air India’s Culture of Coercion and Fear

    It’s not the Hatfields and the McCoys but it’s a feud going on between Air India and its 1,600 pilots. This is the scenario:

    Pinched for money, Air India’s owes cash to pilots, employees, vendors, fuel and ground transportation suppliers; they are cutting rates and (safety) corners.

    Air India is supposed to be shaping up, but they ignore rules and regulations meant to reduce pilot fatigue. Unsafe practices include changing schedules so often that some pilots refer to the company’s management style as “schedule by wake-up call.”

    The Indian Pilot’s Guild sent the Star Alliance a letter exposing Air India’s culture of “coercion and fear” to compel pilots to fly long hours.

    Pilots are complaining about being forced to work long hours while Air India ignores safety regulations. They can’t take off when they’re sick, for fear of being penalized, which is of course another safety violation.

    After losing a billion dollars last year, Air India has applied to the Indian government for money. India’s aviation regulatory agency uncovering fraudulent pilot training and corruption in aviation administrative circles. In the face of tightening procedures, Air India will have its back against the wall if they’re going to comply with safety regulations.

    Meanwhile, Air India is attempting to join the Star Alliance network of 27 airlines.

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  • Trump skims nuclear safety funds to spruce up vanity gift plane from Qatar: report

    Rachel Maddow shares New York Times reporting that Donald Trump has taken nearly a billion dollars from taxpayer money meant for modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and is instead directing some of those funds to refurbish the Air Force One style plane gifted to him from Qatar, which he intends to keep in his presidential library after potentially using it as his presidential plane once it is brought up to spec.

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