yups....an air crash in Singapore would be collosal...imagin a plane crashing into a block of HDB flats.....so safety must be of very very high standards.....
Aton said:Most mishap were caused by human errors. Budget or not, its the quality of maintenance and standard of pilots that are important, as long as the A/C need to enter or leave Singapore, need approval from CAAS, if not up to par, sorry wait long long.
If we are talking about safety issues on budget air not really any problem, comfort...it depends on perception.
Yep, that's what I'm referring to, the hours of mileage checking, I understand that airlines have their own system (having developed one myself) so the MRO came to enlighten me on life span issues & the importance of highlighting the parts out for MRO. Perhaps I've taken too much stress point on MRO that it's a daily affairphilliptan said:Like a new car, each aircraft has a specific check package based on hours (which is the airline equivalent of mileage). All the checks are scheduled BEFORE a particular critical item's life span is due.
When the time arrives for a check (A, B, C or M check, etc), the aircraft will be taken off active duty and come to an MRO company (like the one I'm working at) for weeks or months depending of the checks. The newer the aircraft, the less intensive is the check. For example, Valuair's been sending their A320s in for a few days' check this past month.
They do not change any parts outside of the scheduled checks unless the pilot reports a failure. If the aircraft is operating smoothly, there is no reason to change anything on the apron. Hence, it's just fuel, water and food (consumables) and off you go.
I actually thought this was the best part... I just walked and sat behind the wing... So many seats to choose from. No problems there!slippers said:1.) seats not allocated. cos' i wan to get a window seat so can take photos, i have to be really kiasu by standing near the gate so that i will be one of the firsts to board the plane!
slippers said:2.) experience a traffic jam at the check-in counter, dunno what happen at first but found out that they don't computer to do the check-in. instead they rely on a printed namelist to check the passenger's name. so i think that really hold up the quene.
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I'm not doubting Philip or anybody for that matter.JediForce4ever said:if they do that.....the airport would be jammed with flights waiting for a gate....most plane parts are made to last for long periods of time without replacement.... you've gotta listen to Philip mann....he services planes for a living....most regional flights just need 1hr to refuel,resupply and they're off.....
philliptan said:I actually thought this was the best part... I just walked and seat behind the wing... So many seats to choose from. No problems there!
haahaha...you got a point too but like that easy to get high blood pressure leh :devil: heheheeheeee
espn said:Yep, that's what I'm referring to, the hours of mileage checking, I understand that airlines have their own system (having developed one myself) so the MRO came to enlighten me on life span issues & the importance of highlighting the parts out for MRO. Perhaps I've taken too much stress point on MRO that it's a daily affair
Didn't really do much on the design, basically was porting the data from a legacy system over to ours. I guess I confused up the termsphilliptan said:You developed maintenance schedules for an airline? Strange, cos you'll probably know what I'm talking abt...
I think the misunderstanding here is the usage of the term "MRO". Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul refers to major checks done in which we totally strip the aircraft apart. Like I said, you're actually talking abt turnaround... which is basically topping up of the consumables for the next flight unless there's some problems with the aircraft. Any problems are handled by Line Maintenance. As you can expect, if there's a problem, then the flight could be delayed.
Since the aircraft left an hour after landing, it means there's no problems and all the CIAS guys have to do is to load up the consumables. So, a quick turnaround means there's no problems. Quite the contrary of what you believed.
Lets put it on record. 1 sea landing for Silkair, 1 failed takeoff for SIA.ricohflex said:safety is the ONLY thing in any flight.
the $100 or so you save is not much if the plane crashes
personally would prefer normal airline like TG or SIA or even Finnair.
forget the crap about inflight service, good food, etc...
just hope the darn plane takes off , flies and lands safely. nothing else matters.
all it takes is a disastrous crash of 1 budget airline plane and all will get frightened
ricohflex said:safety is the ONLY thing in any flight.
the $100 or so you save is not much if the plane crashes
personally would prefer normal airline like TG or SIA or even Finnair.
forget the crap about inflight service, good food, etc...
just hope the darn plane takes off , flies and lands safely. nothing else matters.
all it takes is a disastrous crash of 1 budget airline plane and all will get frightened
LENS said:hello guys, i am checking with you that, will a passenger of a budget airline have a insurance cover as normal airline?