In mid-August, Ethiopian Airlines was in the news after both pilots fell asleep during a flight, causing them to miss their approach to Addis Ababa Airport. There’s an interesting update to this story.
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Scary incident. They are lucky that the airport wasn't neat the same elevation, or that they didn't fall asleep while decending..
The pilot took off before he got punished.
Ethiopian Airlines deserves a meme.
A pilot sleeps on the wheel, flees to escape punishment.
A Tigrayan sleeps in the wheel, flees to escape genocide.
this makes me extremely uncomfortable flying them again, the whole culture seems off, as much as i dislike US carriers the big ones have a good safety culture
A Tigrayan may have paid the Bolivian and Nigerian a hefty sum from the money Tigreans looted during their 27 yars rule intending to sabotage Ethiopian. After all the previous boss of Ethiopia who never returned after sick leave time off abroad was of Tigrean origin who packed the airlines with Tigrean pilots even though the Tigrans made only a 5% minority of Ethiopia population but reportedly were close to 50% of the employees. This Andy who wrote as guest jumped the real conspiratorially
motive behind this incident: Even if he was told what happened he said he won’t fly Ethiopian again. That is the intended motive from the beginning.
Why is this never been reported by major news outlets? Because it never happened. TPLF would pull every shenanigans in the book to make it seem like bad. Guess what it never stopped flying or my friends! Get a life.
I assume this affects their employability at any other airline? It's not like the pilot that ran off is going to get a good reference from ET!
“Why did you leave your previous employer?”
“Oh, they just overreacted because I fell asleep on the job.”
I wonder how many times they were asleep at the wheel and DIDN'T get caught? They got caught this time because the autopilot turned itself off, setting an alarm I think.
Sure. Look up how many US carrier pilots have been arrested trying to board and fly an aircraft while drunk or with high blood alcohol levels. Choose your poison.
The quality of pilots on foreign carriers always has me picking US-based carriers or carriers from countries that dont rely on outsourced pilots from non-western countries. Oh yay fancy champaigne and meals does me no good when my plane crashes because my pilot doesn't have 20 years of flying experience with his/her country's respective air force.
A simple Google search would show you it has been covered in many major outlets like CNN, NY Times, BCC, Fortune, ABC, CBS? The list goes on. I spend a lot of in Ethiopia, and have friends there. So I get it. Please don't insult me or make foolish claims without doing a little fact checking yourself.
Which airlines have fancy meals and "luxury" products but terrible safety records? Its not like Etihad/Singapore/Emirates/Thai/etc...means you're trading luxury for risk
So you want an ex-Air Force pilot with 20 years flying experience?
I doubt a 20 year veteran pilot Mozambique Air Force, which flies only 50 years old MiG-21, would be much safer than a young pilot trained exclusively to fly a commercial airliner.
And I don't think ET has fancy Champagne and meals.
Before we leap to the sensational conclusion that both pilots “fell asleep” because they were tried. That specific aircraft should be pulled from the line and it’s cockpit ventilation systems be inspected by maintenance to MAKE sure there isn’t any anomaly that could have introduced contaminated air which could have had for example Carbon dioxide. It would not be the first time pilot fell asleep due to incorrect ventilation. Let’s track that particular 737 and see if it happens again.
Tony that assessment of pilot ability could be misread. Stick to the facts. Baboons can be taught to fly the SR-71. Is humans and their various cultures, biases and prejudgments that make those distinctions. I personally turned down a job at American Airlines in 1985-86, when a certain recently retired senior pilot (in my presence) stated “Clint send him to Dallas with me, we are hiring blacks now”. I said “f” that. Because I was supposed to be the token black pilot and get a job because I was black. Not because the white man speaking believed I could fly a jet.
Let us not act like that did not happen in the USA before. One pilot claimed he was checking his stock portfolio. And that was just after 911, almost got shot down. Google the story. It happened. So let’s dispense with the veiled statements. Just come out and say what you are thinking.
Never flying them again. They should stop overworking these pilots. They’re responsible for human lives for crying out loud.
I think I read that both had a good amount of hours to rest before the flight. 15 hours for the captain.