But rather than find out about how to get off the list, the Government blasts the European Union and

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A few years ago, when Chavez announced that he would start a national airline again, I wrote a post criticizing the move as another waste of money in a country with limited resources and a lot of more important problems than having a flagship Government airline. My reasons were many, but it included american airlines round trip tickets the fact that the airline business is well known to be a very difficult american airlines round trip tickets one, as recurrently even the best run airlines in the world go bankrupt or close to it, when conditions are adverse. Add to that the history of Venezuelan airlines, both private american airlines round trip tickets and Government run, together with a bunch of inefficient military officers in charge american airlines round trip tickets and I could see this was a boondoggle Venezuela did not need. Many of the more pro-Chavez readers jumped on me, saying american airlines round trip tickets the country should have an airline and flying american airlines round trip tickets in it was more reasonably priced than private airlines.
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But rather american airlines round trip tickets than find out about how to get off the list, the Government blasts the European Union and criticizes more the fact that the ban is called a black list and thus racist, than the actual reasons for the ban. Even worse, in this Bolivarian revolution world, where profits don t matter, Conviasa has been using airplanes from Santa Barbara Airlines (A Venezuelan private commercial airline) and ¡Fin de mundo! a US airline called Vision Airlines , in order to continue american airlines round trip tickets flying to countries in the European Union. If Conviasa was losing money before, imagine doing it having to pay someone else to do the job!
Economics is about optimizing scarce resources. In a relatively poor country like Venezuela, that optimization is even more important. The worst part, is that Conviasa is still flying, money is still being wasted, without american airlines round trip tickets any rationale for it. At least other Chavez boondoggles like Venirauto, stopped being much of a sinkhole. While supposedly the company is still functioning, here is a picture of some vehicles waiting to have the natural gas system installed before the cars are sold:
What ever happened to the Venezuelan tradition american airlines round trip tickets of applauding every time an airliner landed? I miss it. Is it still done in Venezuela? Do passengers on Conviasa applauded louder and longer than those on the private airlines? The clapping of hands made everyone remember that a safe flight and landing was not a certainty. It was also a way of thanking God for a safe flight.
I also remember a flight in a medium size jet of about 120 seats from Caracas to Canaima in 1983. As soon as the plane was well away from Caracas, the pilot flew it like a small single engine plane. It went low over the land so everyone could see the rivers and mesas. It flew next to Angel Falls and went up and down the twisting valley. It was great. FAA rules would have grounded those pilots for life. But in the jungle of Venezuela, who cares.
Why does running cars on natural gas in Venezuela remind me of importing sand into the Sahara? I like the low capital investment inventory storage system. You get free seeds with your car, along with a patina of rust. Hey, it could catch on, like the faded, sliced- up jeans. Watch for spies from the German car manufacturers.
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I studied aerospace engineering in school and thought I understood american airlines round trip tickets how complicated it was to keep an airliner flying safely. However, I then because a consultant for one of the main companies dealing with airline maintenance systems (MRO). This taught me that the most crucial part in safe airline travel has nothing to do with how good the mechanics and pilots are, or when the airplanes were built. You have to have very robust, professional and empowered institutions that oversee the airlines.
Europe and the USA have them (EASA and FAA), as do other countries. However, even those institutions american airlines round trip tickets have dropped the ball and gotten complacent with the airlines they monitor (many of them among the best in the world). This has a price in human lives.
I haven t flown a Venezuelan airline from NY to Caracas since I promised not to ever go on VIASA (meeny, meeny years ago) because of bad service. I was traveling with my eldest son (who was a baby at that time) and I asked the stewardess to please warm the baby s bottle, and she just ignored me because she was too busy flirting with a uniformed military guy (Venezuelan, of course). After sending VIASA a scathing letter, I swore to never again travel to Venezuela on any Venezuelan airlines. Bad service, bad maintenance, insecure american airlines round trip tickets flying!!!!
I also refuse to fly Viasa anymore. The plane that I flew from Miami to Caracas looked, felt and, sounded like it was well past its airframe life. The overhead doors would pop open in flight, the seat cushions were loose, the windows too scratched to see out, the engines seemed to be running rough. The flight attendants were nice but they too appeared anxious on takeoffs and landings. My Spanish listening skills american airlines round trip tickets have never been great but I am sure one of the attendants said that Jacqueline Kennedy flew on this airplane . That could have been thirty years before I flew on it.
Dear Diana, I fully sympathize with your complaint. However, Viasa flew 36 years without a single fatality. venezuelan pilots are amongst the best and many are flying wide-bodied aircraft for Asian and European airlines american airlines round trip tickets today. Your experience cannot mean the condemnation of an airline. It could have happened on any country s airline.