{"id":14117,"date":"2024-06-02T12:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T09:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=14117"},"modified":"2024-06-02T12:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T09:38:25","slug":"from-goat-sacrifices-to-fake-pilot-licenses-eu-lifts-ban-on-worst-airline-pakistan-international-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=14117","title":{"rendered":"From Goat Sacrifices to Fake Pilot Licenses: EU Lifts Ban On \u201cWorst Airline\u201d Pakistan International Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation News &#8211; Pakistan International Airlines is best known for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/2016\/12\/19\/airline-sacrifices-goat-bringing-turboprops-back-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sacrificing a goat as part of its maintenance procedures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/2017\/02\/25\/airline-takes-off-passengers-seats-stand-aisle-1700-miles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flying with more passengers than seats<\/a>\u00a0(and making customers stand for 1700 miles).<\/p>\n<p>More than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/over-30-of-pilots-have-fake-licenses-at-the-worst-airline-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30% of the airline\u2019s pilots had fake licenses<\/a>. Cockpit resource management\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/and-this-is-why-pakistan-international-airlines-is-banned-from-flying-to-the-u-s-and-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was virtually non-existent<\/a>\u00a0at PIA.<\/p>\n<p>Flight attendants\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/vanishing-on-touchdown-unraveling-why-pia-flight-attendants-keep-disappearing-as-soon-as-they-land\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">run when they land outside the country<\/a>. If they can get work on a flight to Canada, they\u2019re going to stay in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/unable-to-afford-jet-fuel-pakistan-international-airlines-passengers-confront-staff-over-cancelled-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unable to afford even jet fuel<\/a>, the Pakistan national carrier has been limiting its flight and the government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/the-worst-airline-in-the-world-is-up-for-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has been attempting a sale<\/a>\u00a0despite labor backlash, because privatization threatens running the carrier as a fiefdom and piggy bank of corruption for staff. Previous privatization protests turned violent in clashes with police involving rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/from-goat-sacrifices-to-fake-pilot-licenses-eu-lifts-ban-on-worst-airline-pakistan-international-airlines\/\">https:\/\/viewfromthewing.com\/from-goat-sacrifices-to-fake-pilot-licenses-eu-lifts-ban-on-worst-airline-pakistan-international-airlines\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation News &#8211; Pakistan International Airlines is best known for\u00a0sacrificing a goat as part of its maintenance procedures\u00a0and\u00a0flying with more passengers than seats\u00a0(and making customers stand for 1700 miles). More than\u00a030% of the airline\u2019s pilots had fake licenses. Cockpit resource management\u00a0was virtually non-existent\u00a0at PIA. Flight attendants\u00a0run when they land outside the country. 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