The former Asiana Airlines (Now part of Hanjin Group ) and it subsidiaries breathalized before every flight. In fact their pilot strike 5 or so years back was mainly to 1) Allow them to carry their gulf clubs as baggage, and 2) Drop the requirement for alchohol screening before each flight. If memory serves I do not think they got either. Though, their cockpit culture and training methods (NOT STANDARDS) are still Korea's number one issue. They may not have the frequency of incidents they did in the 80s and 90s, but when they have them, they're a doozie, and the Pilot Unions, Airlines (Cheobo's), and transportation ministry will usually find a convient scapegoat to say the pilots are not at fault. ASIANA 214 - It was the 777 A/T system. Jin Air 2216 - Aircraft hit a bird on approach, pilots shut down the wrong engine and collided with wall at the end of the runway. Korean's focus on the wall. I digress. Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks) Blog and Forums - www.catracing.org IMAGE BBS! 3.0 - bbs.catracing.org 6400 C-Net Amiga BBS - bbs.catracing.org 6840 Ham's Over IP - 104196 --- CNet/5 * Origin: The Rat's Den BBS (1:135/250)
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