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China Air 747 took off from Anchorage using the TAXIWAY. Almost didn't make it. China Air said they would "take care of it themselves" There were tire marks on a snow berm at the end of the taxiway - which leads into Cook Inlet. Go in there and U R over with....
Wonder if they were too busy taking pictures?

I once flew Pakistani airlines from NYC to Frankfurt.

Big mistake.

I'm surprised the all male flight attendants didn't open the cabin doors at 35,000 ft.

Next time I'll spend the extra money and fly American.

A story on China Airways. About four years ago, they had a flight scheduled to land at Frankfurt International. Plane was about 30 minutes from landings and the control tower started to have problems with the pilot...he had apparently never landed in his life at Frankfurt (even as a co-pilot), and it was already dark. After about 15 minutes of discussion, the pilot suddenly decided to make way to Cologne, about 20 minutes flying time from Frankfurt, which has a major runway but almost no flights after 6pm. He had landed once at Cologne before and apparently felt more comfortable landing there. Plane then diverted to Cologne and landed safely. He never mentioned a word to the passengers and they were all shocked when they got off and noticed the name of the airport. It took two hours for the China Air rep to drive all the way up to Cologne and handle the hostile passengers. The pilot was put on suspended statsus and the plane sat there for 24 hours until they got a sub pilot to arrive and take it down to Frankfurt. Totally messed up their flight schedule.

One gets the impression that they have mostly former military pilots, who had limited flight time in the first place, but have connections to ensure their hiring at the airline. They pay extremely low wages as compared to most international airlines. Rumor has it that they keep their flight crew at strictly 2-star hotels.

For any American flying internationally...this is the last airline that you want to fly with. Even Egypt Air is rated better than these bozos.