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AJ’s “People Engagement Survey” should be supported

To do the right thing, MAS had to put transparency and free flow of information as its agenda within MAS. For a start, AJ should tell us how much did MAS pay to Ogilvy & Mather and Landor Associates for its re-branding exercise and designing of the new pale blue logo of MAS.

Yours truly is glad that En Ahmad Jauhari Yahya (AJ as he is popularly known in and out of MAS) has heard the voices of MAS staffs loud and clear in his latest circular/e-mail below. It would appear from the said circular/e-mail that AJ wanted to instill a new spirit in MAS  which should be supported by all.

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Azhari cares to provide answers for the “technical problem”?

Only the “competent” En Azhari Dhalan could provide us with answers for the “technical problem”.

MAS experienced another “technical problem” for its flight MH181 from Chennai to KLIA yesterday. Thank God that the 195 passengers were in the able hands of MAS pilot and the aircraft made an emergency landing safely in Penang yesterday morning.

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“Perompak-perompak Negara” – Part 1

Yours truly speech during the debate on Akta Pasaran Modal dan Perkhidmatan 2007 on 19-4-2012. Below is the verbatim report in the Hansard.

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TRIO: Is En Azhari Mohd Dahlan a NOMINATED POST HOLDER approved by DCA?

En Azhari Mohd Dahlan, "A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL WITH A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE AVIATION INDUSTRY" according to the Star report.

“Azhari Mohd Dahlan (Azhari), a highly experienced engineering professional with a sound knowledge of the aviation industry, joins MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE) as chief executive officer effective Feb 1, 2012.” in The Star HERE.

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Tek Ucapan Parlimen mengenai RAS/AirAsia X Sdn Bhd

It all started as Flying Asian Express Sdn Bhd aka FAX. After receiving RAS & RM250 mil subsidy from Badawi's Administration dumped RAS back to MAS with 6 un-airworthy aircraft & 1 being cannibalised for spare parts.It costs MAS RM35 mil before resuming RAS again. Then changed its name to AirAsia X Sdn Bhd ...

Teks ucapan verbatim saya di Parlimen semasa membahas Ruang Undang-Udang bernama “Institut Penyelidikan Keselamatkan Jalan Raya Malaysia 2012” pada jam 7:30 2-4-2012. Ucapan tersebut mengandungi Rural Air Service (RAS) di Sabah dan Sarawak yang terlibat Fly Asian Express Sdn Bhd sekarang telah ditukar kepada AirAsia X Sdn Bhd. Untuk maklumat latar belakang AirAsia X Sdn Bhd sdr/sdri sila baca di SINI, SINI, SINI, SINI & SINI. Sila juga baca komen YM Tengku Azmil pada tahun 2010 di SINI.

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TF didn’t tell the whole truth about AirAsia X & RAS

One not telling the truth and the other condoning it!

Updated: 25-10-2011 Please read the article quoted from Business Time report dated 21-7-2006 – AirAsia not the ‘golden child’. You will see from this report how AirAsia got all the helps (i.e. AirAsia was given 91 trunk routes and etc) from the Badawi’s Administration under the so-called “domestic air rationalisation exercise” and AirAsia grew at the expense of MAS.

Below was what Tan Sri Tony Fernandes had been reported to have said as reported by the Star on 26-4-2007 when the then Minister of Transport, Datuk Chan Kong Choy, announced that FAX/AirAsia X Sdn Bhd had to return the Rural Air Services (RAS) in Sabah and Sarawak to MAS.

“Fernandes said FAX would be launching AirAsia Long Haul operations soon, and that it would be too distracting to operate turbo-propeller aircraft as well.”

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Rashdan: Do you know about the RM50 ancillary charges imposed by the so called “No Frills” AirAsia

Please look at the list of unreasonable charges imposed by AirAsia, hailed by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes as “No Frills Airline”. What a good lobbyist!

The extra charges that a passenger had to pay for the "No Frills Airline"

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DCA: How AirAsia has been granted Certificate of Airworthiness year in year out?

Now Everyone Can Die!

Thank you blogger Another Brick In the Wall for reminding Malaysians of the danger of flying AirAisa, HERE.  “Now Everyone Can Fly and Die!” a perfect slogan for AirAsia by Another Brick In The Wall.

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How safe is it really to fly AirAsia?

The safe passage of all passengers for any commercial airline is of paramount importance as precious lives are at stake. There can never be any compromise. The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is therefore duty bound to ensure that the stringent safety requirements are met at all times and no slip-up be tolerated.

It’s for this reason that in one of my parliamentary questions for the June sitting here, I asked the Minister of Transport to state the procedures and regularity of the safety audits carried out for low-cost carriers landing and taking off from our airports. The airlines include AirAsia, Jet Star and Tiger Air. The minister’s reply is posted here.

While the minister’s reply is reassuring to the general public, it seems a recent incident that purportedly happened in KLIA on 20 July 2010 with AirAsia Flight AK718 from Singapore seriously begs the question as to the diligency in which the DCA carries out its ‘safety audits’ where low-cost carriers are concerned. What is most discomforting is the fact that the same AirAsia aircraft that experienced a form of technical problem was allowed to take off so soon after the said incident. Please refer to the emails forwarded to me below for details.

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