Thai Airways chairman confident in standards, pilots

[Carlos Primeros]

We are still left in the dark about the real cause of the accident. One source claimed it was the nose gear that failed, another source claimed it was the the right hand side gear that "malfunctioned" (whatever that means) and still another source claimed that the runway was the cause... So what was it now? We will probably never learn the true cause.

Carlos

[peterbkk9]

Hiding the logo is common practice worldwide, and I remember many similar cases with other airlines.

No big deal. But when THAI does it, you'll never hear the end of it.

The point is that images will circulate everywhere. It is about the visual association of a crashed plane and the logo that airlines want to avoid.

It is about communication. Not about escaping responsibility or concealing facts.

Please provide the links to the evidence to support your statement that "hiding the logo is common practice". I've never seen this in over 35 years of considerable flying. Whilst that doesn't mean it is not happening, it does suggest its not common practice.

Please provide links that detail air line, country, airport and instances where this "common practice" occurred.

Made a quick search and found these links:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9847651/Alitalia-paints-over-crashed-planes-markings.html

http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2007/08/china-airlines-.html

http://www.quotidiendutourisme.com/site/transport-indonesie-juste-apres-le-crash-garuda-maquille-sa-carlingue-calcinee-19986.html

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(Trans-World/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-31/0075088/&sid=41e2c8c0aa42f24bffa617224faebd32

But there are many more instances

[Carlos Primeros]

Bangkok Airways did the same thing when they crash landed in Samui in August 2009. They disguised their logo on the tail fin with white paint. But then they towed it to a place just beside the control tower, where it rested for about 4 years in plain view of all the passengers landing and taking off from Samui Airport. A few months ago they moved it finally to the southern end of the runway where it was partially hidden under some big trees. Now a few weeks ago they moved it to some place beside a road in the south of Samui and everybody in the Samui forum was wondering, what the plane wreck was supposed to do there...

Carlos

[GeorgeO]

Good, his company's staff and procedures are just fine.

Now all he has to do is sort out his own mouth and explain to Star Alliance why he lied about a non-exist group wide policy which had to be retracted and amended to a Thai Airways policy. Of course he may not feel obliged to explain anything to a bunch of foreigners.

And he will get an assist from the Thai press and the government, because no one will ever follow up on the deceitful remark and misrepresentation of Star Alliance's policy. A rogue partner in Star Alliance is a very negative thing for Star Alliance. The covering of the Thai logos and aircraft serial number by this rogue alliance partner causes more damage to the Star Alliance brand than anything this airline executive said to misrepresent the alliance's policy. It's tampering and misrepresentation, clear and simple.

Star Alliance always has the option of kicking THAI out of the alliance if an open apology is not provided for misrepresentation of the alliance; however, I get the feeling that Star Alliance partners would find things slightly more difficult during their Bangkok trips if they were to take this option.

[Bpuumike]

THAI's captains are all the best

He should've just said THAI's are the best.

Indeed. If the chairman of a prestigious organization like Thai Airways makes a definitive statement i.e. Thai's captains are all the best, then he must be able to substantiate. He is not saying they are of an excellent standard but asserting they are "the best" i.e. better than all the captains from other airlines. If this translation of what he actually said is correct then Mr. Chairman should be able to explain how he knows this. The other airlines will be most interested.

... and would want to employ them surely.

No criticism of Thai pilots, only the spokesman.

[Echo Tango]

Airlines black-out their logo's after most crashes or incidents.....it's a standard practice.

[EyesWideOpen]

We are still left in the dark about the real cause of the accident. One source claimed it was the nose gear that failed, another source claimed it was the the right hand side gear that "malfunctioned" (whatever that means) and still another source claimed that the runway was the cause... So what was it now? We will probably never learn the true cause.

Carlos

Wrong..... :-) We will learn the cause, due to the fact it was an Airbus plane. At this point Thai Airways is

in effect implying Airbus is at fault, by saying everything was perfect from their side. This will not be acceptable

to Airbus. But this tactic will help Thai Airways weather the short term bad publicity. And in three months when

the real facts behind the crash come out, this will be an old story with little impact.

[beechguy]

We are still left in the dark about the real cause of the accident. One source claimed it was the nose gear that failed, another source claimed it was the the right hand side gear that "malfunctioned" (whatever that means) and still another source claimed that the runway was the cause... So what was it now? We will probably never learn the true cause.

Carlos

Wrong..... :-) We will learn the cause, due to the fact it was an Airbus plane. At this point Thai Airways is

in effect implying Airbus is at fault, by saying everything was perfect from their side. This will not be acceptable

to Airbus. But this tactic will help Thai Airways weather the short term bad publicity. And in three months when

the real facts behind the crash come out, this will be an old story with little impact.

It will be interesting, considering Airbus representatives supposedly were assisting Thai Air with the inspections.