UnknownPoster

Why don't you post the wealth appreciation by the Shinawatras during the time Thaksin was in office.

Taksin a Telecomuications Tycoon long before he took up politics.

I recall he was worth 50 billion or so before he was elected to Prime Minister.

The Thai stock market performed well during his tenure, in fact rated as the worlds best in 2003 with 133% gains.

I think that has allot to do with where his money came from.

Well why didn't he send his son to a reputable private university to complete his bachelor's degree rather than to a mass production state university such as Ramkhamhaeng? Then he could have answered the questions regarding his tax affairs rather than looking so vacant as he did the other day.

Truth hurts, eh?

Why don't you post the wealth appreciation by the Shinawatras during the time Thaksin was in office.

Taksin a Telecomuications Tycoon long before he took up politics.

I recall he was worth 50 billion or so before he was elected to Prime Minister.

The Thai stock market performed well during his tenure, in fact rated as the worlds best in 2003 with 133% gains.

I think that has allot to do with where his money came from.

In a related, but much more dire incident;

nearly 9 years ago, Dec. '98, there was a crash landing in Surat Thani by a Thai Airways. Aparently, the pilot approached twice in hard rain, and each of those 1st two times he pulled up. He then went and forced a landing on his 3rd attempt - resulting in deaths and injuries (can't recall how many). Thai Airways management immediatly denied pilot error, even while the fires were still burning.

My question is: isn't there something in the pilot's manual that says something to the effect: "if inclement weather forces you to abort two attempted landings in a row, find and go to airfield with better conditions." ?

It appears to this outsider that the young pilot was under duress to land the plane (maybe low on fuel), or more likely he was worried about his job security if he failed to land as scheduled. I'd like to hear pertinent details.

Regarding the Surat Thani Crash.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/jan1999/air-j13.shtml

THAI pilot pointed out, the aircrew is under considerable pressure from management to land aircraft and save all the costs of an aborted flight.

The ILS or Instrument Landing System had been dismantled at least six months previously as part of construction at the airport to lengthen the runway.

Along the runway, every second tracklight had been turned off as a cost-cutting measure--increasing the distance between lights from 60 to 120 metres.

Furthermore, a set of Precision Approach-Path Indicator (PAPI) lights, usually installed at the approach end of a runway, had also been removed.

Also, many passengers disregarded the aircrews direction and started using their cellphones to contact their drivers waiting at the Airport to report delay.

Isn't it obvious?

Someone arranging the ground transportation must be lining their pockets with kickback from the Limo Tout Crew?

Allowing them to mislead/harrass customers is disgusting.

Probably best if the AOT was run by experts from outside Thailand.

Too much graft. The place is out of control.

In a related, but much more dire incident;

nearly 9 years ago, Dec. '98, there was a crash landing in Surat Thani by a Thai Airways. Aparently, the pilot approached twice in hard rain, and each of those 1st two times he pulled up. He then went and forced a landing on his 3rd attempt - resulting in deaths and injuries (can't recall how many). Thai Airways management immediatly denied pilot error, even while the fires were still burning.

My question is: isn't there something in the pilot's manual that says something to the effect: "if inclement weather forces you to abort two attempted landings in a row, find and go to airfield with better conditions." ?

It appears to this outsider that the young pilot was under duress to land the plane (maybe low on fuel), or more likely he was worried about his job security if he failed to land as scheduled. I'd like to hear pertinent details.

Find the guy and take the money out of his pocket. Make it double, since he caused you the grief.

The motorcycle taxis at the end of my street charge 100bt per kick they tell me....

IS THE TAXI STAND ON SAME LEVEL AS ARRIVALS? IS THAT THE SECOND LEVEL?

thx

LLL

Are you kidding me?

The taxi stand is not near arrivals?

Who's running this goofy airport?

"Thaksin Son Stonewalls Anti-corruption Examiners"

or...

Thaksins son pays attention to Lawyers advice.

Why should he talk to a Junta?

Everybody knows the Thai Military is 10x more corrupt than any politician.

Pantip is a noisy fire trap, a zoo, with all those pushy porn peddlers grabbing you, blocking your way.

Fortune Mall is a thousand times better.

Take the Subway to Pram Ram 9. Drops you off at the front door.

What could be easier?

Some people go on holiday looking for a fight.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...=94895&st=0

I lost my cell phone one day and my neighbor returned it,..and only wanted a 1,000bt.

That's nice.