Aviation experts analyze the shocking survival rate of the Asiana 777 crash

Generally, the operability of the aircraft depends on the aircraft itself and the flight crew operating it. However, in case of crashes during takeoff or landing, the survivability of the passengers depends on the aircraft, the flight crew, the cabin crew, the ground emergency teams, and the passengers themselves.

The design of aircraft is one factor only from a total of five factors affecting the rate of survivability. Human beings represent the major component of the survivability equation. Emergency landing or crash landing simply means that there is something wrong from either the aircraft or the human beings. Thus, high rate of survivability could be only maintained if the other factors excelled high enough to compensate the setback of the factor causing the problem. So, I would say that high rate of survivability has been achieved with Asiana B777 was due to good luck.

The above is the complete version of the comment published by Zintro blog on 23 July 2013.

EgyptAir, foundation to treat children with cancer

It is good to know about the involvement of EgyptAir in humanitarian activities. However, it is equally important for EgyptAir, obviously for commercial reasons, to care about its paying customers. At least, they are paying to get a reasonable amount of the airline's attention. Otherwise, they might decide to give their business to EgyptAir’s competing airlines. That hypothetical situation would definitely affect EgyptAir’s capability in providing humanitarian activities.
Date: 12 December 2013 commenting on http://www.thisdaylive.com/

Prosecution renews Ultras Ahlawy members’ detention

How sad for a group of fans supporting a specific sporting club to be involved in vandalism and thuggery!
However, and irrespective of their reasons, there is no excuse whatsoever for anyone to disturb the public order especially around sensitive areas like the airport.
Having said so, I would add that 15 days are not enough. What about 15 years instead?
Date: 26 October 2013 commenting on http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/

Gambia Bird Airlines selects airRM as its revenue management system

I wrote almost a year ago about my worries for Gambia Bird having a possible schedule disruption resulting from depending on one aircraft to serve the carrier’s entire network.
Now, the airline acquired one more A319. Thus, there are fewer worries about possible schedule disruption, even with the increase the airline’s network of destinations.
The decision of the airline to acquire an automated revenue management system is a commendable step into the future for the fledgling national airline of Gambia. I am thinking that the airline got a good deal from the Revenue Management Systems Inc because of being the vendor’s first customer in Africa.
Date: 13 October 2013 commenting on http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/

Broken toilets, other glitches ground Japan Airlines Dreamliner

Those things are happening as if we have no other aircraft type commercially operating nowadays. It is one more episode of B787 and its endless course of headache-causing operation.

Turning back two hours after departure is an operational loss but almost a must. I can not imagine that flight continuing the trip to Tokyo with a fuselage-long queue of passengers who are waiting to use the only one functioning toilet available on-board.

The name given to B787, Dreamliner, is not realistic anymore. What about nightmare-liner, as a realistic alternative?
Date: 13 October 2013 commenting on http://abcnews.go.com/

The best way to find a cheap airplane ticket according to two guys who set fares

The Oscar goes to revenue management systems.
Those systems can not beaten by a non-specialized article.
The revenue systems are mostly influenced by the buying behaviors of passengers. The reaction of the revenue system could be either accepted or rejected by the revenue analyst controlling the flight.
So, any advice is somehow useless as long as passengers can not unify their buying behavior toward a specific flight.  
Date: 26 September 2013 commenting on http://www.businessweek.com/

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/