After 6 years, the SFO Sum Ting Wong airline gets punished by Korea

[AUS-97HORN 12050]

They have to suspend flights to SFO for a 45 day period sometime in the next 6 months.... 

if it wasnt for the fact that people died in that crash this would be hilarious.  

It took the Korean Air Ministry 6 fucking years to finally overcome the appeals process and punish Asiana for an almost complete lack of training given to pilots of the newer planes, but even then the suspension period is now only half what was originally listed as the punishment.

https://onemileatatime.com/asiana-cancel-sfo-flight/

 

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You might be wondering why it has taken over six years for this punishment to finally happen. That’s because this has been quite a legal process:

• In November 2014 Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport ordered the airline to suspend the route for 90 days, but they later reduced that punishment by half, on account of the airline agreeing to compensate victims
• Asiana won an injunction in January 2015, allowing them to continue operations until a further ruling
• Subsequent court rulings all agreed with the initial decision, but the timeline for this being implemented kept getting pushed back

At this point it seems like this is a sure thing, as the airline has tried to appeal the decision up until this point.

It will be interesting to see when Asiana Airlines actually suspends the San Francisco route. It appears that they have between now and next April to suspend SFO operations, so I’d guess that they’d likely suspend the route towards the end of that period, since chances are that fewest people are booked further out.

This sure is a unique way to punish an airline that’s determined to be at fault for an accident. Ultimately passengers are losing out as a result of this as well. You’d think it would just make more sense to fine the airline the equivalent of what a 45-day suspension would cost, but clearly that’s not how things are being done…

Edited October 17, 2019 by AUS-97HORN

[HornsOverIthaca 2339]

12 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:

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That was the best part.

[Fuck Tim Beck 3904]

This is what happens when your airline is named after a stripper. 

[Brisketexan 106889]

1 hour ago, Fuck Tim Beck said:

This is what happens when your airline is named after a stripper. 

Note to self: cancel flight on Destiny Champagne Airways.

[BabaYaga 15624]

42 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Note to self: cancel flight on Destiny Champagne Airways.

Well, it's definitely not 'Virgin'.....

[Fuck Tim Beck 3904]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Note to self: cancel flight on Destiny Champagne Airways.

Well duh. There's no sex in the champagne room. 

[Armybrat 41400]

That’s the Spirit!

[RPM 26625]

2 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Well, it's definitely not 'Virgin'.....

[Murfdogg21 4563]

I bet that kid says it was worth it to be fired from his internship for the fake pilot names. I certainly think so. 

[hookem17 485]

Why has no one posted the video?

[Brisketexan 106889]

Why has no one posted the video?

God almighty...that still makes me laugh out loud. One of the most epic trolls ever.

[AUS-97HORN 12050]

sooooo in other rando Asiana Airlines news....

one of their A380's caught on fire today while being refueled:

 

https://simpleflying.com/breaking-asiana-airbus-a380-catches-fire-at-seoul-airport/