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20 Freescale Semiconductor Employees On Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight
NeverVotedBush writes with news reported by CNN that a passenger manifest for the flight that went missing on its way from Malaysia to China indicates that "Twenty of the passengers aboard the flight work with Freescale Semiconductor, a company based in Austin, Texas. The company said that 12 of the employees are from Malaysia and eight are from China," and writes "Apparently, at least two passengers used stolen passports to board."
Yes, Malaysia has a race-based discrimination policy (or affirmative-action, depending on how you see it). I'm a victim of this policy too. But that's not why the plane went down. Malays may be in privileged position but Malaysia Airlines is not. They need to pass ICAO safety standards like any other airline. And Malaysia Airlines has a good safety record.
The airplanes of Malaysian Airline System were maintained by whom ?
By the Malay technicians, inside Malaysia.
How was the Malaysian Airline System being run, since it split up with Singapore Airline back in 1973?
For the past 40 years since the split up, Singapore Airline (SIA) has been doing great, making profits 38 years out of the 40 years.
On the other hand, the Malaysian Airline System (MAS) has been making LOSSES 35 years out of the same 40 years time span.
You want to talk about safety standards ?
How safe is the airplane when the airline itself has been making HUGE LOSSES 35 out of the 40 years since the split-up ?
How much money do you think MAS allocates for the proper maintenance of their airplanes when all the money has been swallowed up by cronies and the greedy employee union ?
And the fact that MAS has a "good safety record" is not due to MAS --- but due to the INCREDIBLY SAFE PLANES that have been built by both Boeing and Airbus.
Furthermore, the same plane that has gone missing had an accident not that long ago --- ended up with a broken wingtip when it collided with another plane, in Shanghai.
And do you know whose fault was it, in that accident ?
MAS !!
It was the pilot (not the same pilot, but yes, another MALAY pilot) of the Malaysian Airline System plane who was the one causing the accident.
Spare us your *Malaysia Boleh* bullshit, please ! This is Slashdot, not some Malaysia's two-bit umno-run pro-government blog.