WILLEMSTAD – According to the aviation expert Nelson Ramiz, InselAir must improve their Fleet Management. 70 % of its fleet has been grounded due to lack of money to perform maintenance. This should be a concern.
“In a recent article published in the Curaçao Chronicle, apparently as a weak intent by InselAir to reply to my article where I noted the chaotic status of InselAir fleet, in my opinion, is just smoke and mirrors to hide the reality. Their chaotic financial situation is public and notorious, their multiple daily delays and cancellations or interruption of their flights must be a concern to everyone especially to the Regulator of the Government of Curaçao,” said Ramiz in an interview with Curaçao Chronicle.
Ramiz indicated that, for the airline to insinuate that because they are IOSA Certified or hold a Repair Station 145 Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or that their aircraft can fly into the USA makes them safe and it should be of no concern, is deceiving.
“IOSA was created by IATA as a way to standardise the safety auditing process between the airline members and to assure that they follow and continue following IATA Safety Standards that are based on ICAO recommendations. It is not a continuing audit and oversight. That is the sole responsibility of each country aviation authority and the responsibility falls on the Head of the Authority,” said Ramiz.
“IOSA does not audit the aircraft in the graveyard and to insinuate, because they were just audited in September, that InselAir is ‘safe’ is just deceiving. Audits are only gap analysis to determine if the procedures and manuals are being followed. The airline is handed a list of discrepancies or findings. If any, then they must be corrected and if there are no major and serious findings the airline remains an IOSA compliance airline. If there are then the IOSA Certification is removed. It is unknown if there were any findings or discrepancies found during the recent audit.”
Ramiz also explained that IOSA or FAA audits do not cover the financial status of an airline or how many aircraft the airline has in improperly stored while collecting corrosion in a graveyard at less than a mile from the ocean or how many flights are cancelled or delayed.
“When the FAA extends a 145 Repair Stations Certification, it is to perform maintenance on N-registered aircraft and only certifies that the repair station follows the manuals approved by the FAA for a 145 Repair Stations. It does not comment or care how maintenance is performed on aircraft not registered in the USA. To insinuate that because InselAir holds a FAA 145 Repair Station Certification, their aircraft are well maintained is far from the truth and I refer myself to the multiple delays and cancellations due to maintenance that forced KLM and others to cancel their code sharing with the airline.”
The aviation expert and former Dutch Antilles Express (DAE) consultant stressed that airlines are obligated to maintain their entire fleet in airworthy conditions at all times. To say that they ground aircraft with parts, components and engines removed and improperly stored, collecting corrosion at one mile from the ocean because they don’t need the aircraft on the fly line while they are cancelling or delaying flights, is just plain stupid. “They are lying and hiding from the flying public their critical and dangerous situation, and that is my personal opinion.”
Bron: CuracaoChronicle
Het viel mij op gisteren, terugkerend uit Ned. taxiend naar de gate dat er zo’n enorm aantal aftandse planes van Inselair op het platform stonden. De 1 nog roestiger dan de andere.
Ik weet niet of het de bedoeling is deze nog ooit te gebruiken, of is het gewoon oud roest.
Buli buli. You don’t heen his money cause your being paid by the other group. Don’t forget that Insel management lobbied behind the scenes with the government to close down DAE . WITHOUT properly TAKING CARE OF THE OF THEIR PERSONAL.
Buli buli. You don’t heen his money cause your paying paid by the other group. Don’t forget that they lobbied behind the scenes with the government to close down DAE . WITHOUT TAKING CARE OF THE OF THEIR PERSONAL.
Hans ik zie dat je kennis van zaken mist . Het grootste probleem van Insel begint bij de eigenaar. Die is vanaf het begin cheap omgegaan met het investeren van nieuw vliegmateriaal ,salarissen pensioen, genoeg piloten en zelfs onderhoud. Insel manipuleert en houd Iosa voor de gek. De management van Insel buigt en knikt voor Boobsie van der Kwast die hun salaris betaalt. Insel heeft totaal nieuwe eigenaar nodig en lol mangement.
Ik denk dat Ramirez vooral uit jalouzie reageert omdat Insel Air nog vliegt en zijn DAE failliet is gegaan, maar niettemin heeft hij kennis van zaken en gelijk.
Het is een porkeria bij Insel Air op alle gebieden (financieel, organisatorisch, enz).
Gisteravond was er bij de premiere van de film Sully een verloting van een ticket Curacao – Miami en het is goed voor Insel Air dat ik dat ticket niet gewonnen heb, want ik zou het op het podium geweigerd hebben.
Als je anno 2016 nog vliegt met Insel Air ben je sadomasochist.
Laat Insel Air eerst eens Heereenveen naar zijn sprekende mantelpak sturen, Schottes sloerie verdient genoeg om beiden te onderhouden, en Lippinkhof terug naar zijn car rental en vervolgens een bekwaam management aanstellen.
PLease shut the fuck up forever. We don’t want you in Curacao. Stay in Miami, because we don’t need your fucked up attitude (and money btw) anymore!!