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Old 03-24-2015, 10:59 AM  
Captain Kawaii
So Fucking Banned
 
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Originally Posted by Paul&John View Post
Germanwings is under Lufthansa. Also maintenance rules are the same for lowcost carriers and for regular carriers here in EU (and I think everywhere else also), so this has nothing to do with the flight being run under a lowcost carrier.

Also the plane was last time checked on Monday (yesterday) and the pilot has been flying for 10 years for the company.
Glad to hear not as bad as US. 60 Minutes did a story about underpaid, drunk and over worked regional US carrier pilots that made me think twice about flying regional. Some regional pilots in US are paid as little as 17k a year.

Keep a positive thought, I guess.
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