Clank wrote:
August West wrote:
The entity calling itself Recliner wrote:

And how much time do pilots spend seeing how their planes are built
and maintained?

I don't know about BA, but when I worked for Air france, all staff on
executive management track (which included senior air crew) were trained
in a common way. And that included knowledge of, and visits to, the
extensive maintenance facilities at Roissy.


Given that Air France has a safety record that would shame a third world
airline (and if they were a third world airline instead of France's flag
carrier would probably be banned from European skies,) with particular
emphasis on pilots who don't know how to fly but are too proud to admit it,
and appalling Crew Resource Management skills (aka teamwork,) that is
hardly a ringing endorsement.

Very true; I can think of at least four AF crashes that were entirely
preventable. For the first time in decades, I have an Air France flight
booked for later this year, and am concerned by its poor safety record; I'm
flying to a former French colony, and there are few other options. I felt
safer on Air Koryo (which *is* banned from the EU).