[Update 1st February 2008 - click on 'Continue Reading...' for the CA SAA CEO/Commissioner, Colin Jordaan's response.]
Nationwide Airline's reputation is severely dented. Remember the engine that fell off one of their aircraft recently? And their grounding over the holiday season by the CAA? Their comms on the topic were pretty abysmal. Hints of denial rather than coming clean on the sullied paper trail of spare parts. They probably hoped it would just 'go away'. But it hasn't.
I've just found the chance to upload this article (below) from the Financial Mail's 'FM Fox' section, issue of 18th January. It's worth reading if you're interested in your airline safety. The part marked in yellow is particularly scary. And look who's allegedly making the statement. What I find particularly puzzling is that the statements attributed to CAA CEO and Commissioner of Civil Aviation, Colin Jordaan, are a direct contradiction of his comments in the Mail & Guardian article online yesterday, 21st January. Did the FM screw it up? If Nationwide Airline's PR person is awake and reading, she/he better do something about sorting this glitch, pronto!
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