More on Ethiopian plane Crash

The illegeal controband unregistered items put on these planes makes the plane carry more weight than the actual standard set by the plane manufacturers. In addition to the fact that the pilots are over worked , most planes are overloaded which is thge main cause for deteriorateing of the planes.Mr. Siye Abraha’s rebel group overthrown the government of Ethiopia in 1991.After 1991 Siye Abraha gotr a post ofthe Defence minister of Ethipia plus Board Chairman of Ethiopian Airlines .Mr.Siye Abraha adminstration installed corrupt , unprofessional and with no work ethics gangsters from top positions to bottom in EAL which are still runing things.The EAL management practice has been clearly designed to benefit few individuals at the cost of the whole country’s economy and reputation.The customs and luggage handling ring abuses the planes , customers properties , rules and regulation to get money and management looks the other way.
I am not a disgruntled Pilot or seeking revenge. This is what was waiting to happen to Ethiopian Airlines in the shadows. As they say it ‘Yetatekut Suri Sirotu yefeal” . Ethiopian airlines is led by a so called COO who is incapable , corny appointed , no credential , severe lack of experience and no knowledge of the aviation or flying side of the business.
These individuals and his cronies who he has appointed by eliminating anybody that is against his philosophy or anyone who he thinks is blocking his path to his final frontier to become the CEO ofthe Airline by replacing the ageing legendary and visionary Ato Girma Wake. This man or so called C.O.O has bent the rules by allowing or intimidating pilots to fly beyond regulation allowed hours, a pilot body working like salves with no collective agreement, Glorifying and talking in public about pilots that he personally has intimidated to violate flight and duty times, scolding and degrading staff in public and the list goes on. If employees were given the right to talk without repercussion today this man will be sent to jail for life for his crimes. Who is this man?? From what I have discovered before I leftthe airline : that he brags of a degree that he obtained thru on line correspondence while he was the area manager in New York. There are eye witnesses that testify his degrees are plagiarized and someone had to take the entire test and classes for him. He has no experience as COO or running neither flight department nor M&E etc… He is the head and decision maker in these departments. He has made comments to the media out of his no knowledge capacity that disgraces the pilots ofEthiopian Airlines . This man is pushing Department heads of the Flt operations to upgrade pilots without proper qualifications. An example is: a Pilot to be upgraded needs 9 to 10 hours of training in the simulator other than the CBT and ground school he or she takes according to the regulation. But this man has pushed department heads to give incapable and not ready Pilot candidates to upgrade by allowing or forcing to give those additional hours to some up to 30 hours to prepare them for command ship. His expansion vision that he brags about does not have substance. As pilots’ are intimidated to fly over 100 hours where regulation states 70 to 80 hours is ample. Pilots are intimidated and warned of losing their jobs if they ask for vacation. He forces pilots to take money instead of their hard earned and well deserved vacation time. I had an accumulated vacation time of 6 years that I could not take. Every time I asked as was told which I know it came directly from him that I am not a team player and I should expect repercussion in the future.. The list goes on. If you think I am fabricating these story please talk discretely to some of the pilots and you will hear all the horror stories since this guy took office. For your information most of the pilots are flying hoping they will get my kind of opportunity one day. It is not that we hate our Airline or don’t care for its growth; it is just that this man is making allEthiopian Airlines employees life hell on earth with his cronies.
Supply and demand of Pilots and leased airplanes:
He brags about the expansion plan he has drafted which is the result what just occurred yesterday. Pilots are flying tired and fatigues. An Ethiopian Airlines had a recent incident were both crew members fall asleep and flew into Italian airspace without clearance because of severe lack of sleep and rest time . He is buying and leasing Airplanes that should not fly because of wear and tear previous mechanical problems etc… His only vision of expansion as I said has no substance because he has no plans how he is going to fill all the slots with pilots. He is constantly advertising for pilots which I don’t have any objection if it helps the Airline grow. But most of them are leaving after 4 to 5 month service because they could not stand his heat or working condition. He is hoping by this dangerous vision he will have the vote of confidence to gain the CEO position once the current leader leaves. I can only say once this happens Ethiopian Airlines might as well expect tragedies after tragedy. I hope and pray that does not happen, just for the sake of this conglomerate Airline with its great safety records and for the sake of the pilots and x ET employees and current employees.

Pilot’s grief and mishandling:
Pilots and cabin Crew members are voicing their grief when we see them on their stop over abroad. Our heart sinks with sorrow when we hear their stories. How some of them have not seen their family or children for days. How some of them fear for their jobs as they are intimidated day in day out by this person’s cronies. Let all Ethiopians be aware that I love my Airline and will go back to fly for Ethiopian in a heartbeat. I have plenty of years left. I am out here flying for a foreign Airline because of the mishandling and violation of Pilots rights. I am sure he might argue saying he is paying pilots more than anybody in the country. Bloggers they deserve every penny they get. They are still under paid. He is hiring foreign pilots way more than what he pays the locals. All the pilots know his deed but the saddest thing is they don’t have anywhere to go. He has blocked their license or will not allow them to resign. He will ask them to fork their training sometimes up to $500, 000 Birr plus he threatens them that he will have all the property and their parents or relatives property confiscated if they don’t pay and so on. I will write next time how I left. It was the saddest day in my life to leave my Airline but I had to as so many are waiting in the shadows to-do the same.
Bloggers again I am not a disgruntled former employee I am just voicing my opinion and hope fully I am been the voice of so many that are suffocating and still flying because they don’t have no choice. I pray for the Crew and passengers that perished on ET flight 409. But I will say it again this was looming in the shadows to happen. I hope this will be the end of it and Ethiopian will have a capable and experienced individual to run as COO who has authority over the Flight operations department again. Long live Ethiopian Airlines and the staff that are tirelessly fighting for its survival and God Bless Ethiopia.

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Posted by MULUNEH | January 26, 2010, 1:37 am