Skynet Foreign Pilot Suspended For YouTube Blunder

[Mulboyne]

[floatl][/floatl]In September 2007, A Dutch pilot flew a Skynet plane on a route from Miyazaki to Haneda. As he approached the runway, he asked another Skynet employee to film the landing on a digital camera which is in contravention of regulations forbidding the use of any electronic equipment at such times. This infraction might never have come to light if the pilot hadn't decided to upload the clip to YouTube in November last year because he wanted to show his kids overseas what he was doing. It was spotted on the video website by a member of the public who informed the airline. Skynet suspended the pilot and reported the incident, drawing a reprimand from the Ministry of Transport. An American pilot for ANA broke the same rules last year when he allowed a Thai cabin crew attendant from JAL to take video footage with her phone inside the cockpit. Both were reprimanded.

Source: Yomiuri (Japanese)

[Tsuru]

In his defence, if you are acting as flightcrew in Holland and want to have pictures or video taken during takeoff and landing on the flightdeck (and post them on youtube, as a quick search will tell you), in most major airlines it's up to the captain and not generally considered to be a big problem. As he was the captain of this flight it was his decision.

I'd like to know what the SOP's at this company say about photos and video taken by flight crew during critical flight phases, but I suspect this came about as a PR matter for the company lawyers rather than a compromise of safety for the flight ops department. Shame on them, but then again a chat with them prior to posting/not posting the vid on the interweb could have prevented this.

I hope he returns to active flight duty again soon, I'm sure he is an excellent operator having made it as expat-captain with a J-airline.

[IkemenTommy]

I guess we aren't talking about this Skynet...

[Coligny]

You know what would be cool ?

Firing all those clowns with pilot wings on their shirts and absolutely unable to speak any word in english. On international flights it make any japanese commercial jet more dangerous than a bombing raid from the Luftwaffe. Because at least the german knew what they where doing.

[Greji]

You know what would be cool ?

Firing all those clowns with pilot wings on their shirts and absolutely unable to speak any word in english.

There aren't any...

[Mock Cockpit]

You know what would be cool ?

Firing all those clowns with pilot wings on their shirts and absolutely unable to speak any word in english. On international flights it make any japanese commercial jet more dangerous than a bombing raid from the Luftwaffe. Because at least the german knew what they where doing.

Yeah cos Japanese aviation is so fucken dangerous. JAL 123 was almost a generation ago, might be time to unclench those arse cheeks.

Tsuru- you might know this, on my last domestic ANA flight one of the pilots was an FG, saw me as we were boarding and we did the gaijin nod. Do ANA or JAL have many foreign pilots?

[Greji]

Tsuru- you might know this, on my last domestic ANA flight one of the pilots was an FG, saw me as we were boarding and we did the gaijin nod. Do ANA or JAL have many foreign pilots?

I'll bow to Tsuru for current info, but previously JAL had quite a few, mostly US pilots (a lot of former military). One of my mates who was a trash hauler in the USAF got out and ended up flying for JAL. I am under the belief that many of these positions were phased out because of the high cost of the salary and living expense packages they were receiving, coupled with more availability of experienced J-pilots.

During recent years, on some of the smaller domestic lines, I've had both Aussie and Kiwi pilots, but I don't know how prevalent the FG J-based pilots are any more...

[Mock Cockpit]

During recent years, on the smaller domestic routes I've had both Aussie and Kiwi pilots, but I don't know how prevalent the FG J-based pilots are any more...

Yeah there's heaps of Aussie pilots working in Asia, especially with Cathay and Singapore. There was a big strike in Australia in the late 80's and a lot of pilots left Australia.

[Tsuru]

I don't have a tally of how many % of total at ANA, JAL or the smaller carriers are foreign nationals, but there are quite a few from all over the world, mostly Western nations.

What I do know is that working as aircrew in Japan is in many cases preferable to doing the same in China, Taiwan, South East Asia or in particular South Korea. This with regards to pay, roster, safety culture, working and living conditions, etc.... the lot.

edit: I do not personally know the person involved in this incident.

[Behan]

There was a report of an Airbus accident at a French airport on a rumor web site. I don't know if it's true or how much of it's true but it's pretty funny in a kind of sad, tragic way.

Where's Tsuru when ya need him?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/etihad.asp

[Tsuru]

I got the preliminary report, it just depends how good your French is