Mr Meeseeks

Back in the day, 20 or so years ago, overstay wasn't a big deal. You may have been deported but most likely a slap on the wrist and off to the border you went. Sign of the times that they now slap a 5 or 10 year ban on those caught. It was a much friendlier place back then, no denying that. A lot of this has to do with the quality of foreigners coming now. Budget travel has a lot to answer for.

They will need proper driver education and competency testing, a proper police force and enforcement of the existing laws first. All fart and no stink here in Thailand.

As I posted on the other thread the airport authority should have a risk assessment for the terminal building, including failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) for all the equipment being used, including the travelators. An FMEA is effectively an equipment specific risk assessment that identifies all the hazards of the equipment and how to reduce the risks of those hazards to as low as reasonably practicable. The FMEA, written by a competent person (that is not just any manager as Thais seem to believe), will identify the inspections and preventative maintenance required to avoid incidents such as this. It should reference OEM documents, international and national standards and guidelines etc. It must list all components that are likely to fail over time, and detail strategies to prevent this from happening. Thus, a properly written FMEA surely would have identified these screws being checked, torqued, tested or replaced at periodic intervals. The problem with equipment of this age, is that the original maintenance documents are often no longer available and so proper maintenance is not performed. An engineer then needs to be brought in to write an FMEA to ensure safety is maintained on the equipment. Not to mention inspection and maintenance in Thailand, if performed at all, is usually just a box-ticking exercise. Proper supervision and management of such activities is rarely done here.

Passport checks to go to a gogo bar? Are you for real?

I question the competence of everyone in this country.

A cheat and deservedly disqualified.

No surprise, Chuan defended his brother who embezzled billions from a Thai bank, fled the country and only returned after the statute of limitations expired.

Good luck with that, they are useless in my experience. I took my Interceptor there for a service and told them to replace the battery. They didn't, said it was ok, they had recharged it. Subsequently it died on me a few days later. Also, I asked the mechanic to affix the front brake lines together as the master line was flapping about. He couldn't even cable tie the cables together.

Firstly, the check-in counter should be asking to see any carry on baggage and if it is not of a suitable size or weight, see that it is checked in. However, with the amount of penny-pinchers travelling by air these days, many airlines charge additional fees for checked in luggage. It is getting increasingly common to see larger and larger bags being brought into the cabin, especially on budget airlines. All the passenger needs to do is not turn up at the desk with the carry on bag or hide it from the check-in staff. This system is not infallible and is easily manipulated and circumvented entirely. Let's be honest the check-in staff are often not bothered at all. The airport security then stop anyone with oversized hand baggage at the checkpoint before immigration, and send them back to the check-in desk. That is one of their responsibilities and I have personally seen them doing this in Thailand and other countries.

They will not let a civilian government wield enough power to affect change. That would directly threaten their income and status. Being a general and working the system, bullying others and grafting with the connections they make is the only way these goons can advance themselves.

I will never do longer distance journeys in these vans. I survived visa runs on them in the mid-90s and numerous sojourns to Pattaya over the years, never again.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Seriously, do none of these people realise that they are in Thailand and the rules are different here?

Used to be the late night expat hangout in the mid to late 90's and early 00's. I was down there nearly every night! Saw Trink many times on our travels! Some great bars down there; Pam's, Shark, Dollhouse, Cactus, Five Star, The Old Dutch, Penny Black upstairs etc... All turned into a bit of a tourist trap neon wonderland now. The charm has definitely been lost.

The Police shutting down the competition? Times must be tough.

No need. It's obvious that is one of their responsibilities.

Monitoring oversized baggage is one of the roles and responsibilities of airport security at the security checkpoints.

In which case, the airport is still at fault for letting her carry on that size of suitcase against their own procedures and regulations.

Fascino sell wheelchairs for about 4,500thb. They have branches everywhere. ????

These old guys have to understand a simple concept of Buddhism – everything is temporary, nothing is permanent.

Simply this. ☝️

Swamping is a religious practice now?

My ex's son thought the same. 10yo and always dipping into her handbag or my wallet for money which he would spend on snacks at school or on mobile games. It went largely un-noticed until his older brother, who is a good lad, spilled the beans. She admonished him, by shouting and beating him with a coathanger until he was screaming bloody murder.

Only if they are owned by Thais with connections.

Doing what he is best at, eating and in this case, sleeping.

A stupid idea that was designed to profit a few people through graft. Usual standards of Thai planning, management and maintenance applied thereafter.