Originally Posted by
C130driver
100% agree, complacency kills and we as aviators in the US are not immuned...my point is that US aviation is held to a higher standard than Air Asia and that their outfit is questionable. It is irrelevant (not speaking to you) to bring up "oh but other airlines have incidents too." But hey, if some 20 year old backpacker wants to save maybe 200$ on a ticket, go right ahead. My family won't ride on them.
Couldn't agree more my friend. In the USA, we do operate at a much higher standard than most of the world but we should always strive to do better as safety is the key to success. I personally wouldn't allow my family to travel on these shady outfits but the general public doesn't know any better unfortunately.