Wednesday, August 21, 2013

NJ Senate OKs bill banning some laser pointers

Thumbs up for New Jersey Senate!
The fine of US$ 500 may be enough for the first offense. However, the fine of US$ 1,000 for subsequent offenses is not strong enough to deter those careless individuals.
The fine is supposed to be doubled progressively without limitations. Thus, the fine for the second offense would be US$ 1,000, and the fine for the third offense would be US$ 2,000, and so on.
The result of using those laser beams could be catastrophic and as such should be the penalty. Fair enough?
Date: 21 August 2013 commenting on http://www.fortmilltimes.com/

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Class action petition sent to Aeroflot

Established and operating most of its lifespan under the Soviet umbrella, Aeroflot still lacks some skills needed for offering appropriate customer services.
Despite the fact that the flight delay was beyond the control of Aeroflot, the airline was supposed to offer its passengers a timely update about the situation as well as on-site proper compensation.
Welcome to the era of doing business the customers' way, not the providers' way.
Date: 12 August 2013 commenting on http://www.themoscowtimes.com/

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Civil Aviation awaits the approval of the Cabinet to start the project of aero-city

Are you serious about (مساحة 220 ألف فدان حول مطار القاهرة)?
Do you know the equivalent of that huge area if converted into square meters?
The feddan is about 4,200 square meters.
Thus, 220,000 feddans will be equal to about 924,000,000 (220,000 X 4,200), which is equivalent to 924 square kilometers.
So, we are talking here about a circle which has a radius of more than 17 kilometers.
Date: 09 August 2013 commenting on http://www.alborsanews.com/

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Proposed quota on foreign pilots splits government

What could be the reason for placing a maximum limit on the number of foreign pilots to be hired yearly by various Russian airlines?
Hiring foreign pilots will not negatively affect employment chances of Russian pilots because of the current shortage of pilots suffered by the Russian airline industry.

It is inaccurate to say that hiring foreign pilots would lower the safety level as pilots allover the world are generally complying with the same ICAO stipulations.
Date: 08 August 2013 commenting on http://www.themoscowtimes.com/