PM orders Civil Aviation Department to hold urgent meeting with airlines

[webfact]

PM orders Civil Aviation Department to hold urgent meeting with airlines

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the Civil Aviation Department to hold an urgent meeting with airlines after two Thai airlines failed to win approval from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau in time for their chartered flights, Deputy Government Spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Monday.

Prayut wants to the department to make sure that there will be no mishap like what happened to the Asian Airline and Nok Scoot Air last week.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/PM-orders-Civil-Aviation-Department-to-hold-urgent-30257973.html


-- The Nation 2015-04-13

[clockman]

Typical Thai way. They have had 10 years to sort out the problem. No forward planning. Same as everything. Then they are forced to comply. And completly loose face!

[EyesWideOpen]

I suspect next up on the chopping block for Japan may be Thai

Airways. So time for emergency mode. But with so many long

term serious issues in all aspects of the airline regulation here

, it will take more than a meeting and barking out some orders

to fix it..

[Bluespunk]

"Prayut wants to the department to make sure that there will be no mishap like what happened to the Asian Airline and Nok Scoot Air last week."

Mishap? Not sure that word covers it really.

The Nok Scoot passengers seemed really upset if it was only a "mishap".

​Complete and utter <deleted> up on the part of the airline would seem to cover it better to me, but, ok, "mishap" it is.

[NongKhaiKid]

It's reported elsewhere that if airlines cancel flights and don't treat their passengers properly they risk having their licences revoked.

The big scary DCA is now suddenly throwing its weight around after all those years of ignoring the ICAO complaints and pushing their luck just a little too far.

[ExPratt]

Surely the airlines should not be dealing with this it should be the responsibility of the Thai national aviation authorities . If other countries are grounding or banning Thai carriers then I suspect its because they suspect the Thai aviation authorities are not doing their job properly. Why on Earth does the PM have to tell them to meet and resolve with Airlines , when it should be their priority to meet and resolve

[JOC]

Mr P: "Don't worry guys, everything is under control...................

[NongKhaiKid]

Surely the airlines should not be dealing with this it should be the responsibility of the Thai national aviation authorities . If other countries are grounding or banning Thai carriers then I suspect its because they suspect the Thai aviation authorities are not doing their job properly. Why on Earth does the PM have to tell them to meet and resolve with Airlines , when it should be their priority to meet and resolve

There's so much more to this and we may never know the full story or the truth.

As an example, a totally inefficient DCA managed to avoid doing its job in respect of ICAO reports for years yet in the space of 9 months managed to pass an amazing amount of budget carriers for licence requirements ?

Will that situation pass thorough scrutiny and will we ever know because it certainly smacks of something and it's not efficiency ?

[ExPratt]

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Surely the airlines should not be dealing with this it should be the responsibility of the Thai national aviation authorities . If other countries are grounding or banning Thai carriers then I suspect its because they suspect the Thai aviation authorities are not doing their job properly. Why on Earth does the PM have to tell them to meet and resolve with Airlines , when it should be their priority to meet and resolve

There's so much more to this and we may never know the full story or the truth.

As an example, a totally inefficient DCA managed to avoid doing its job in respect of ICAO reports for years yet in the space of 9 months managed to pass an amazing amount of budget carriers for licence requirements ?

Will that situation pass thorough scrutiny and will we ever know because it certainly smacks of something and it's not efficiency ?

Indeed , did you read , I think the Transport Minister the other day asking those countries to be lenient and "Understanding " with Thailand. Acting as they always do when they get a shoeing criticism from another Country as the Honest but ever so slightly naughty schoolboy who is Naive and innocent to the ways of the rest of the World because of his Thainess . I find it nauseating that they would attempt to stall imminent bans without taking the correct action that are critical to Flight safety

[Costas2008]

Typical Thai way. They have had 10 years to sort out the problem. No forward planning. Same as everything. Then they are forced to comply. And completly loose face!

Blame Yingluck and Adhisit before her........not this government......they are suddenly faced with the others wrongdoings and arrogance.

[klauskunkel]

Typical Thai way. They have had 10 years to sort out the problem. No forward planning. Same as everything. Then they are forced to comply. And completly loose face!

Can't face problems if you are too busy:

a) saving face

looking for the face you lost

c) causing others to lose their face

Can't plan for the future if you:

a) have no planning skills

wait for Buddha to sort it out

c) are convinced the problem will take care of itself

[JOC]

Typical Thai way. They have had 10 years to sort out the problem. No forward planning. Same as everything. Then they are forced to comply. And completly loose face!

Blame Yingluck and Adhisit before her........not this government......they are suddenly faced with the others wrongdoings and arrogance.

Rinse and repeat...........

Of course Mr P would have addressed the problem, had he not been forced from abroad

[Thai at Heart]

How can plane licensing be treated leniently. It either passes or doesn't.

[Muhendis]

Typical Thai way. They have had 10 years to sort out the problem. No forward planning. Same as everything. Then they are forced to comply. And completly loose face!

Blame Yingluck and Adhisit before her........not this government......they are suddenly faced with the others wrongdoings and arrogance.

You can't really blame any government for this because the Thai Aviation Department has probably been hiding the problem from the government for ten years. It's only when the Japanese started banning flights that the problem came out into the open.

[Local Drunk]

It's a bit like the horse pushing the cart isn't it.

[Local Drunk]

Typical Thai way. They have had 10 years to sort out the problem. No forward planning. Same as everything. Then they are forced to comply. And completly loose face!

Blame Yingluck and Adhisit before her........not this government......they are suddenly faced with the others wrongdoings and arrogance.

You can't really blame any government for this because the Thai Aviation Department has probably been hiding the problem from the government for ten years. It's only when the Japanese started banning flights that the problem came out into the open.

You can blame Thai Air and that's for sure. It's a business. Run it like one.

[metisdead]

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[Srikcir]

Typical Thai way. They have had 10 years to sort out the problem. No forward planning. Same as everything. Then they are forced to comply. And completly loose face!

Blame Yingluck and Adhisit before her........not this government......they are suddenly faced with the others wrongdoings and arrogance.

It might be more appropriate to blame all the foreign governments banning Thai flights. Don't you wonder that if these noncompliances existed for ten years or more through several military coups, that it is only now when the government is led by a military junta that the foreign countries, INCLUDING CHINA impose restrictions?

Maybe it's faith in the Junta that it will resolve the issues quickly? Or maybe a jab at the Junta that considers itself "Thailand?"