Mr Meeseeks

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?

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

The FMEA will only cover the specific travelator equipment, but it should take into account use of any baggage that it may have to handle. As regards to the risk assessment, it should cover ALL hazards, including those resulting from people bringing improper baggage onto travelators. Control measures should then be applied to eliminate this altogether or reduce the risk to an acceptable level.

Then of course there's this:

I assume nothing. Based on experience of 30+ years working in Thailand at management level, I am willing to bet that there isn't a culture of safety at the airport terminal building. The minimum will be done to ensure the boxes are ticked. Let me in there to have an audit, and we'll find out! ???? It will be the usual poor standard of Thai auditing, too scared to give NCs so the client doesn't lose face or in case they anger the boss. A nonsense.

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They should be using checklists, electronic or paper based, to perform proper checks on the equipment as per a written procedure that refers to manufacturer's requirements as well as national and international standards. This task will form part of their periodic maintenance schedule. It should be computer based, but what are the bets that they are still using Excel or some other antiquated way of doing it? There should be reports kept of when the inspection and any maintenance work was performed and who was responsible. As there were teeth missing from the travelator, it is evident that the inspection was not done correctly. And herein lies the problem. Low paid staff without adequate supervision or management will inevitably just turn these tasks into a box ticking exercise and not do them properly. An anecdote for you, I set up a CMMS, computerised maintenance management system, for a Thai company that operates offshore. As Ops Manager it was part of my remit. The system worked great, and was such an improvement over the Excel based system the company used before that the external bodies loved it. It saved money and time, increased efficiency and kept everything ticking along smoothly, reducing equipment failures even in the short term. To stop employees treating inspection and maintenance as a box ticking exercise I personally supervised tasks, and when I could not, I requested photographic proof through the system that these tasks were done. Rarely, if ever, did the staff provide these proofs. I found them sleeping on the job, skiving off, watching porn on the computers etc. I also had third-parties, including OEM, come in to perform additional inspections, at a cost, and to the chagrin of the greedy Thai Chairman and the owner of the company. This was the only way I could ensure our critical equipment was going to work properly as and when required. When I left, within days, I heard the company had gone back to using an antiquated Excel based system. The facility supervisor also left, after a falling out with 'management' as a direct result of maintenance issues. Thais simply don't care about inspection and maintenance. It costs money, and they don't want to have the headache of dealing with it until it breaks.

Was a proper incident investigation conducted to establish the root causes? If an investigation was conducted, was the investigation conducted by a qualified individual or individuals (Kelvin Top Set trained or equivalent)? Does the airport have a health and safety management system with a safety policy? Are all staff aware of the safety policy? Does the airport have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment that highlights the hazards of using travelators, the people that could be harmed, control measures applied and the inherent and residual risks? As part of a suitable and sufficient site risk assessment, have failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) been conducted on the travelators to ensure the risks are reduced to a minimum as reasonably practicable? Has the safety management system, risk assessments, other critical documents and the implementation of them been independently verified by a competent third-party? I could go on, but I would wager the answer to most if not all of the above is no, and that health and safety culture at the airport terminal building is woefully inadequate.

The great irony is of course that the 1997 constitution, the people's constitution as it was known, was the best one that they had. This was replaced after the coup in 2006. The latest constitution was so the NCPO could give themselves immunity for their treason and allow them to maintain control over the government regardless of the outcome of any election. We are seeing this being implemented now. Thailand has a long history of the Army implementing new constitutions after coups.

Indeed. I was surprised by the amount of people that remained seated last time I was in the theatre to watch John Wick 4. Must have been 50% or more. Some Western tourists who probably didn't know better but a lot of Thais as well.

I've worked with the Thai government and PTT on major oil and gas projects and own a company that employs many more Thais than you would believe in various industries. Corruption is entrenched throughout the country and at the highest levels. We would not have got contracts without assistance from certain people. They wanted something for allowing us to operate, and they still get their cut. Many years ago, I worked for a well known company that used government connections to maintain a monopoly on their business, which is still going to this day I believe. The Thai modus operandi is preying on the weak to extort and bully. These people are the lowest on the food chain, so they are fair game for the bullies.

You are correct. However, countries and companies with morals and ethical behaviour will not deal with murderous, despotic regimes.

PTTEP are the biggest oil and gas producer in Myanmar and operate the largest gas field. Total and other Western operators have exited due to human rights concerns.

Burmese, Cambodians and Viets built Thailand, a bit like the Irish Navvys in the UK. That's not the way Thailand works mate.

All started back in the early 2000s when Thaksin stopped government banks giving their mates free money to pay off their debts. One in particular, an old friend no less, used his failed media business to propagandize support against Thaksin, destabilize the country and provoke a military coup. Since then there has been no resolution to the differences and Thai politics is as fractured as ever.

Their ego would never allow it. The uniform is their sign of authority and status, that signals that they are above any civilians. Generally, the majority have never worked for the people of Thailand or for the good of society. They used to be hired thugs for the rich Chinese merchant classes, and are now little more than a criminal gang in uniform, as recent events have so clearly evidenced. You can clearly see their struggle to move into the 21st century as Thailand develops. Many of them still think they are living in an era where corruption, torture, extortion, dishonesty, immorality, and bullying are perfectly acceptable, whether in the line of duty or not.

It's quite obvious that the Chonburi mob thought they could keep all that money for themselves and not kick upstairs in the normal manner. Unfortunately for them, someone higher up found out. Their punishment, if any, and the money they will have to pay to continue on in uniform will largely depend on which clan they are affiliated with.

The bottom line. Money Number One.

Quikz by Exotic Genetix on day 54. Starting to fade and show colour.

The Manta Ray by Tackett Genetics on day 54

I pay 180thb for 400g of DE. I use one of these for application: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i2069966827-s6758436812.html

Not surprised to see the RTP prostitute themselves for this throbber.

I worked offshore over there a few times and it was pretty grim in the mid 2010s. I went back in 2019 before the latest coup and stayed at the Savoy (now closed, but a brilliant colonial style hotel in the heart of Yangon). The locals were all so positive about their future too. Really sad state of affairs.