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Asiana Airlines Ordered To Suspend San Francisco Route For 45 Days
Asiana Airlines will be made to suspend its San Francisco route for a period of 45 days at some point in the next six months. The Korean Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to issue the suspension as a punishment, following the crash of flight 214 in 2013. As reported today in Reuters, South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a decision to suspend the airline’s route between Seoul Incheon and San Francisco for a total of 45 days. This will be very… (simpleflying.com) 기타...
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Punishment took so long because of appeals by the airline. Since the accident was entirely due to pilot error, punishing the airline and the passengers who are not going to be able to fly during the suspension seems silly. If the airline is to be punished, make them pay for more pilot training. That benefits everyone.
Yeah and while pilots are getting trained, the route can still continue.
Bingo. That's the training!
not punish passengers they can choose other airlines to fly
Hmmm. I think 45 days of pilot training and/or cockpit resource management training would be a better "punishment". This accident was (basically) caused by the Asian custom of "deference to an elder."
Just enough time to take a 777 out of service for a D check.
This route is very popular, this could/will add up.