US downgrades Thai air safety rating

[taony]

This down-grading is for major deficiencies noted against Thai AirAsia X, does anyone know if similar criticism has been leveled at Thai International ?

Source?

The down-grading is for major deficiencies in Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority in terms of standards and procedures. This affects all airlines equally, both the good ones (AirAsia X, Bangkok Air, etc.) as well as the really crappy ones. (Orient, etc..)

The ruling is mostly to prevent fly-by-night basket-case airlines like Orient to open routes to the US. And of course that without adequate Thai government oversight, the safety assertion of any Thai airline is meaningless, regardless of the airline procedures which may be crap, or may be world class.

So by being non discretionary it nobbles all air travel operators in Thailand....thus aimed at the Govt. Sanction !

Point is don't know which airlines are safe and which are crap because their is no competent authority monitoring them. Plus all the air traffic controls and other ancillary functins. Its not rocket science to understand what's happening. Not sure how so many are cimpletely missing the point.

[peter48]

Im still going to fly with them.

But I am seriously thinking of not - I assume this is do with the checking of Thai planes themselves rather than the airport whatever we need more information. But then if it was serious they would not be allowed into London HR etc., as Guada was stopped several years ago.

[stickylies]

"THAI confirms its commitment to aviation safety pale complexion air hostess standards, and assures all that THAI operates with the highest international aviation safety bleaching standards," he said.

priorities, so many priorities...

Edited December 13, 2015 by stickylies

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed.

[Dumbastheycome]

Sanction.

[micmichd]

Sanction.

for buying Airbus instead of Boeing.