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Three Police Shot Dead at Mexico City Airport

Our crews grab some breakfast at this food court every day.


Three Police Slain at Mexico City Airport - WSJ.com

dragon

Great, now what to do about those MEX layovers next month?

Bucking Bar

There was a time when the Delta of old would refuse to serve places where corruption, or safety issues, made it impossible to maintain Delta's standards for ethical business practices and care.

The article refers to the very high level of illegal trade in prohibited substances coming through the airport. Since the money comes in from the U.S. my guess is that most of the shipments go north. Anyone want to be the Captain that flies 40 pounds of Cocaine to the U.S. ? ... me either. With the way laws are written a person could be in a lot of trouble for something they "should have known" even if they had no knowledge of the illegal action they took. Would Delta defend a crew member, or push them under the bus of prosecution to save their own skin?

There certainly is a risk for the flight crews if drugs or contraband is loaded on board the airplane, or heaven forbid, another hijacking. If gangsters can shoot up the food court it is a short walk to board a plane. Hell only knows what goes on below wing. I would like a stateside based Delta employee watching the action from ground level, similar to the operation El Al employs at JFK.

Maybe it is time to pull out of that place until the situation stabilizes.

gloopy

Or at the very least make all flights there turns. For anything over 8 hours, heavy crew it. We could do that easily but choose not to in order to save a little money.

As for your other concerns, that is something to think about as well. However has anything ever happened to the crews of the numerous other drug busts, some of them massive, coming off airplanes?

Sailor

[QUOTE=Bucking Bar;1219119]similar to the operation El Al employs at JFK./QUOTE]


and ORD, .....paid by us with US subsidies to Israel.

AirbusA320

SABENA use to fly into a unamed country in Africa. The route was profitable but the location was dangerous so they would fly the crews out to RON in a safer location.

tomgoodman

An old Pan Am guy told about the night they got a phone call: "This is the Station Manager. Get your crew downstairs now! Our van will take you over the river bridge into safe territory. The rebels are almost at the city limits."

sailingfun

Most airlines fly turns to many of these destinations with a relief pilot. Our contract does not allow for that on the aircraft in use. They could not fly it with a heavy crew. They would have to dual crew the aircraft.

NERD

Simple solution. Just pull all flying south of the border and let our codeshare partner Aeromexico take it all. Instant growth and upgrades for them and safety for us

afterburn81

Eh, give em to those regional guys. They aren't real pilots anyways. Disposable.