Tuesday, July 30, 2013

ON A PAPAL VISIT

ON A PAPAL VISIT
Pope Francis' extraordinary impact on people attending the World Youth Day in Brazil reminded me of my own experience of a Papal visit, of Pope John Paul II's first visit to the Philippines (yes, he visited the Philippines twice! ). I woke up at 2am to travel from my city (Cadiz City) to Bacolod City together with other CAT cadets to provide augmentation security for St. Pope JP II. My mother prepared the night before my baon of a few bites of hotdog sandwiches, lunch of rice and fried fish, and 1 liter of drinking water . We rode a cargo truck (used for sugarcanes), standing, back and forth. Stood up from 7am till after JP II left at around 3pm. We were fortunate enough to have been stationed immediately below (not under) the stage where JP II addressed the people. Our fatigue uniform was soaked with sweat, and we were literally squashed by the pressure of the swarming crowd. Up to this day, I still wonder how or where we got all the strength to withstand the physical challenges that tiem we were by JP II's stage. Surely I can't forget his smile when he was directly above us as he went around the stage so as to wave and greet the faithful present. I can't understand why, but I still remember my tears freely flowing as he was smiling at us. I didn't know so much of the Catholic Church then, as I was practically a "Sunday Catholic". Everything I've learned in grades 2 and 3 in a Catholic school, were all vague memories then. However, that afternoon with "Lolek" (JP II's nickname), gave me that poignant sense of God and of my being Catholic. I won't be surprised if my experience with JP II were also identical to what those in WYD also experienced or felt. VIVA IL PAPA! VIVA PAPA JOHANNES PAULUS! VIVA PAPA FRANCSECO! AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM!

Sunday, July 14, 2013

"Yaya"/Nanny SLAPPING, SPANKING, CHOKING, VIOLENTLY SHAKING 3-month old hapless baby

That "Yaya" shown on TV SLAPPING, SPANKING, CHOKING, VIOLENTLY SHAKING that 3-month old hapless baby has her family now crying "Frame up!" Frame up my guffaw! The CCTV can't lie. There are just lines that people shouldn't cross! That heinous "Yaya" should be made to answer the whole nine yards of her dastardly act. The baby's parents shouldn't allow for out-of-court settlement. The fact that she still hasn't come out says a lot about the Yaya's character. I can't help but suspect that it's not out of simple fear that she's now hiding, but more of the fact that she and her family may still be trying to elicit sympathy so that she can easily get off the hook. Come on! There just are lines one shouldn't be allowed to cross!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

INFORMAL SETTLERS, CIRCA 2013 (LOOKING WAY BACK 1989 IN PAYATAS B)

In 1989-1991, as a seminarian of San Jose Seminary (inside Ateneo De Manila), my weekend apostolate area was Payatas B in Quezon City. Payatas B was then the newly opened dumpsite of garbage for the whole Metro Manila, after Tondo's Smokey Mountain was permanently closed. However, together with the garbage were also lumped the informal settlers (more commonly called as "squatters" then) relocated, either forcibly or otherwise, by different Metro Manila cities or municipalities. Up to this day, I still clearly remember how, when we sleep in a given isolated shanty in Payatas on a Saturday night, the next morning we'll be amazed and surprised to wake up already with neighbors. Literally, the shanties around our once-isolated shanty grew like mushrooms overnight (nagsulputang mga kabute nga! :) ). And I thought then that with Payatas B, the tragic saga of informal settlers (then aka squatters) of Metro Manila, had already been concluded. But I was naively mistaken. NOW, NCR/Metro Manila again has to deal with a resuscitated problem of informal settlers. Indeed, even after more than twenty years, just as in so many things wrong with our country's life, the informal settler issue is still a grim specter which has never ceased to haunt us. An issue whose roots are strongly anchored in so many many vicious elements. Among such elements are the predatory politicians who offer haven, and all other promises to hapless poverty-stricken internal immigrants into their territories primarily to get their votes during elections. Ergo, I believe that if we really intend to find long-term and humane solution to this informal issue problem, methinks we must begin by resolutely dealing with these predatory vote-hungry politicians.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

IS THERE A VIABLE CORRELATION BETWEEN BEING A LOW-COST AIRLINE AND MULTIPLE MISHAPS?

CEBU PACIFIC, A LOW-FARE/BUDGET AIRLINE, HAS HAD A SERIES OF MISHAPS THE PAST WEEKS. ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LOW-COST AIRLINES IN THE WORLD IS RYANAIR.

BELOW IS A LIST OF RYANAIR MISHAPS FROM 24 SEPTEMBER 2012, TILL ONLY 05 MAY 2013 (JUST LITTLE LESS THAN AN 8 MONTH PERIOD), PROVIDED BY A BLOG NAMED "LOW COST CARRIERS ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS: A summary of all accidents and incidents involving low-cost carriers: Archive for Ryanair category" (http://lowcostaccidents.wordpress.com/category/ryanair/).

MAYBE, IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE A DILIGENT LOOK WHETHER THERE'S A VIABLE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE ONE'S BEING A LOW-COST AIRLINE AND ITS BEING SUSCEPTIBLE TO MISHAPS.

Archive for the ‘ryanair’ Category

Ryanair – Alicante – 2013
Posted May 5, 2013
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On May 5, 2013, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DPC performing flight FR-9887 from Alicante,SP (Spain) to Liverpool,EN (UK) with 152 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Alicante when the crew stopped the climb at FL220 and returned to Alicante for a safe landing on runway 10 about 16 minutes later with emergency services on stand by.

On May 7th the airline’s chief pilot told The Aviation Herald, that the crew received a spurious wheel well fire indication, actioned the relevant checklists and returned to Alicante requesting emergency services to inspect the wheel wells after landing. Emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke, then the aircraft taxied to the apron. A faulty sensor was identified as cause of the indication.

Spurious wheel well fire indication

Ryanair – Pescara – 2013
Posted May 2, 2013
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On May 2, 2013, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DWE performing flight FR-5558 from Pescara (Italy) to Dusseldorf Niederrhein (Germany) with 107 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Pescara when the crew reported the flaps could not be retracted and considered to divert to Milan Orio (Italy) but decided to return to Pescara. The aircraft landed safely back at a higher speed than normal, emergency services checked the brakes and escorted the aircraft to the gate.

Flap issues

Ryanair – Frankfurt – 2013
Posted April 25, 2013
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On April 25, 2013, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DLI performing flight FR-168 from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Trieste (Italy), was enroute at FL370 abotu 40nm southeast of Frankfurt/Main (Germany) when the crew reported a hydraulic failure and decided to divert to Frankfurt Hahn for a safe landing on runway 21 about 30 minutes later. A passenger reported the crew announced they were diverting to Frankfurt Hahn due to a hydraulic failure. After landing and some checks they proceeded onto a different aircraft and continued to Trieste.

Hydraulic failure

Ryanair – Malta – 2013
Posted April 9, 2013
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On April 9, 2013 a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DWP performing flight FR-3883 from Malta (Malta) to London Luton, EN (UK), departed Luqa Airport’s runway 13 when upon rotation for takeoff the crew received indication the tail of the aircraft had contacted the runway surface. The crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet and returned to Malta for a safe landing on runway 13 about 35 minutes after departure.

Tail scrape on take-off

Ryanair – Gothenburg – 2013
Posted March 29, 2013
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On March 29, 2013, Sweden’s Haverikommission (SAIB) released their final report on the incident occurring on May 8, 2012. It concludes:

- The door was closed before the cabin crew member was completely prepared

- There was a certain element of stress due to the delay and the returning of the waste

- It was not established how the all-clear signal to remove the stairs was to be given

- The door was opened without a full appraisal of the associated risks

SAIB Report

Ryanair – Pisa – 2013
Posted February 19, 2013
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On February 19th, 2013, a Ryanair flight from Pisa to Brussels stopped before take off on Wednesday for a suspected gas leak was given the green light to go after checks by fire department examiners and technicians. The plane with 100 passengers on board was halted before reaching the runway when ground crew spotted liquid leaking from the craft.

Fuel leak

Ryanair – Pisa – 2013
Posted February 18, 2013
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On Ferbruary 18th, 2013, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DHE performing flight FR-9935 from Pisa to Cagliari (Italy), was climbing out of Pisa’s runway 04R when a coffee maker overheated and emitted smoke prompting the crew to stop the climb at 5000 feet and return to Pisa for a safe landing on runway 04R about 12 minutes after departure. By the time of the landing the smoke had already subsided and the aircraft taxied to the gate.

Hot coffee maker

Ryanair – Dublin – 2013
Posted February 15, 2013
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On February 15th, 2013, a Ryanair flight FR227, from London Stansted to Dublin, landed and was cleared to vacate the runway, completed a 180 degree turn back down the runway. There were other aircraft on approach to land on this runway, which were being monitored by air traffic control and as the other aircraft was still on the runway these aircraft were instructed to perform a missed approach. The Irish Aviation Authority is investigating the incident, in which FR227 attempted another unauthorised turn before being directed onto another exit. A statement from the IAA revealed that the incident was being treated seriously.

180-degree turn around on a runway

Ryanair – Marseille – 2013
Posted February 14, 2013
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On January 23rd, 2013, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DCX performing flight FR-4632 from Valencia,SP (Spain) to Milan Bergamo (Italy) with 93 passengers, was enroute about 65nm south of Marseille (France) and 200nm southwest of Genoa (Italy) climbing from FL360 to FL400, when just upon reaching FL400 the crew initiated an emergency descent to 9000 feet reaching 9000 feet about 9 minutes later (average rate of descent 3450 feet per minute), the passenger oxygen masks were released. The aircraft diverted to Genoa (Italy) for a safe landing about 45 minutes after leaving FL400. Two female passengers complained about chest pain and fainted, they were taken to a hospital.

Loss of cabin pressure

Ryanair – Shannon – 2013
Posted February 4, 2013
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On February 4th, 2013, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DCW performing flight FR-1173 from Wroclaw (Poland) to Shannon (Ireland), was maintaining FL080 on approach to Shannon’s runway 24 and had just been cleared to 3000 feet and the ILS approach to runway 24 together with information about up to moderate turbulence with windshear of +/- 20 knots, when the crew advised they had an altitude disagree indication and requested to maintain FL080 to work the checklists. The crew subsequently reported that one of their altitude indicators showed FL080, the other FL085, one of their airspeed indicators read 150 knots which was definitely too slow, approach control reported the aircraft was showing FL085 on their radar, after completing the checklists the crew concluded they had unreliable altitude and airspeed indications and decided to divert to Dublin. The aircraft maintained FL080 on the way to Dublin, the crew advised they would be able to taxi normally after landing. The aircraft landed safely on Dublin’s runway 28 about 30 minutes after aborting the approach to Shannon and taxied to the gate now indicating normal operation.

Unreliable airspeed and altitude

Ryanair – Budapest – 2012
Posted December 7, 2012
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On December 7th, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DWK performing flight FR-8414 from Paris Beauvais (France) to Budapest (Hungary), was on approach to Budapest about to turn onto base when approach instructed the aircraft to abort the approach due to a fire in the tower, instructed the aircraft to climb to 6000 feet and enter a hold. The crew advised they had only 5 minutes of holding fuel and requested estimates for the holding time, then advised they would need to divert to Bratislava (Slovakia), and was offered a visual approach to runway 31R, a minute later approach announced the airport management had closed the aerodrome. FR-8414 was vectored towards Bratislava and cleared to climb to FL180.

Priority landing after tower became inoperative

Ryanair – London – 2012
Posted December 3, 2012
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On December 3rd, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DHY performing flight FR-2404 from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Memmingen (Germany), stopped the climb out of London at FL150 and returned to Stansted Airport for a safe landing on runway 22 about 35 minutes after departure. A passenger reported a distinct smell of exhaust fumes in the cabin. The crew announced technical problems and returned to Stansted Airport.

Odour in cabin

Ryanair – Milano – 2012
Posted November 28, 2012
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On November 28th, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DYM performing flight FR-4722 from Milan Bergamo (Italy) to Billund (Denmark), was climbing out of Bergamo Airport about 45nm northeast of the aerodrome when the aircraft stopped the climb at FL270 and descended to FL250 turning south back towards Bergamo Airport. A few minutes later the aircraft turned north again, continued the climb to FL380 and completed the flight with a safe landing in Billund about 90 minutes later.

Flight crew temporarily incapacitated

Ryanair – Birmingham – 2012
Posted November 26, 2012
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On November 26th, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DAI performing flight FR-3901 from Birmingham,EN (UK) to Malta (Malta), was climbing out of Birmingham when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 and entered a hold to burn off fuel. The aircraft subsequently diverted to London Stansted,EN (UK) for a safe landing on runway 23 about one hour after departure.

Technical problem

Ryanair – Paris – 2012
Posted October 29, 2012
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On October 29th, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DHG performing flight FR-7823 from Glasgow Prestwick,SC (UK) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was enroute at FL390 about 90nm southwest of Paris Beauvais (France) when the crew decided to divert to Beauvais Airport. The aircraft landed safely on Beauvais Airport’s runway 12 about 20 minutes later.

Ryanair B738 near Paris on Oct 29th 2012, smell of fuel aboard

Ryanair – Eindhoven – 2012
Posted October 11, 2012
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On October 11th, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DLD performing flight FR-1518 from Eindhoven (Netherlands) to London Stansted,EN (UK), was in contact with Eindhoven’s ground control and had been cleared to taxi to runway 04 hold short of runway 04 at holding point F. The crew however continued along the taxiway parallel to the runway for a full length departure, lined up and took off without clearance. During climb out air traffic control made the crew aware they had taken off without clearance and they were expected to depart from intersection F, not full length.

Took off from wrong intersection and without clearance

Ryanair – Tallinn – 2012
Posted October 2, 2012
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On October 2nd, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EBP performing flight FR-4975 from Tallinn (Estonia) to Bremen (Germany), rejected takeoff from Tallinn’s runway 08 at low speed after the right hand engine (CFM56) ingested a bird. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

Ryanair B738 at Tallinn on Oct 2nd 2012, rejected takeoff

Ryanair – Bremen – 2012
Posted October 1, 2012
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On October 1st 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EBP performing flight FR-7602 from Bremen (Germany) to Vilnius (Lithuania), was climbing out of Bremen, when a pungent odour and patches of haze came out of the air conditioning vents in the cockpit. About 5 minutes into the flight both flight crew felt severe headache, the forward portion of the cabin noticed the odour. The haze and odour dissipated during further climb, the crew recovered and continued the flight to Vilnius. During the descent the odour and haze returned causing again severe headache to both pilots. The aircraft continued for a safe landing at Vilnius.

Flight crew partially incapacitated

Ryanair – Billund – 2012
Posted September 28, 2012
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On September 27th, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EBP performing flight FR-4113 from Tallin (Estonia) to Manchester,EN (UK), was enroute at FL380 110nm northeast of Billund (Denmark) when the crew decided to divert to Billund due to two unruly male passengers on board, who had been heavily drinking and subsequently engaged in a shouting match and began banging the aircraft walls. The aircraft landed safely in Billund about 25 minutes later, police arrested the two unrulies.

Ryanair B738 near Billund on Sep 24th 2012, unruly passengers

Ryanair – Berlin – 2012
Posted September 24, 2012
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On September 24th, 2012, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DAP performing flight FR-2314 from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Bratislava (Slovakia), was enroute at FL390 over the Netherlands when the crew observed anomalies with the fuel quantity suggesting a possible fuel leak at the left hand engine (CFM56). When the aircraft was near Paderborn (Germany) the crew decided to divert to Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany), where the aircraft landed safely on runway 07L about 35 minutes after the decision to divert.

Ryanair B738 over Netherlands on Sep 24th 2012, fuel leak

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

TO BLEED, OR NOT TO BLEED: Stroke drug can 'boost quality of life'

21 June 2013 Last updated at 11:00 GMT

Stroke drug can 'boost quality of life'

By Caroline Parkinson Health editor, BBC News website

A stroke can cause permanent loss of function

Patients given a clot-busting drug within six hours of a stroke are more likely to have a good quality of life 18 months afterwards, an international study suggests.

However, the review of more than 3,000 patients found the drug - alteplase - offered no improvement in survival rates.
The drug is increasingly being used in specialist stroke units in the UK.
The Stroke Association said the Lancet Neurology research was "encouraging".
Quality of life The treatment is given to patients who have had an ischaemic stroke, when the brain's blood supply is interrupted by a clot.

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The sooner patients receive treatment the more likely they are to make a better recovery”

Dr Clare Walton, Stroke Association

A stroke can cause permanent damage such as paralysis and speech problems, and can be fatal.

Without treatment, a third of people who suffer a stroke die, with another third left permanently dependent and disabled.
This international trial, led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, followed patients from 12 different countries - half had the alteplase treatment, which is given intravenously, and half did not.
It was funded by the UK and Australian governments, the UK Stroke Association, the Medical Research Council and Health Foundation UK, with no funding from the pharmaceutical company that makes the drug.
The researchers suggest that for every 1,000 patients given the drug within six hours of stroke, by 18 months, 36 more will be able to manage independently and will have less pain and discomfort than if they had not had it.
However that is the average - and more of those given alteplase within the first hour or two after a stroke will see such benefits.
'Difficult decision' The drug does carry a risk of causing a potentially fatal bleed in the brain in the first week after treatment for around three in 100 patients.
The experts behind the study say patients and their families have to weigh up the risks as well as the potential benefits.

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It is personal choice, comparing immediate risk versus long-term benefits”

Prof Peter Sandercock, University of Edinburgh

Prof Peter Sandercock, of the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, who led the study, said: "What doctors need to do is to say this is a difficult decision for patients and their families. They have to say this is a treatment that carries risks."

He said someone who had experienced a major stroke which would affect their ability to live and work as they had previously may wish to take the drug, despite the bleed risk, whereas a patient who had a more minor stroke which did not affect them so badly may not.
"It is personal choice, comparing immediate risk versus long-term benefits."
Prof Sandercock added: "In the UK in 2002, the estimated annual cost of long-term care of an independent survivor of stroke and a dependent survivor were £876 and £11,292 respectively, so even a small difference in the proportion of survivors who are able to look after themselves will have a substantial economic impact."
Dr Clare Walton, of the Stroke Association, said: "There are over 150,000 strokes in the UK each year, and around 85% of these are caused by a blood clot in the brain.
"If these patients can get to hospital within four-and-a-half hours, some are eligible for clot-busting treatments which can greatly reduce brain damage and disability after stroke."
She said it was "encouraging" to see that the positive effects of treatment were maintained over the longer term.
Dr Walton added: "When a stroke strikes, time lost is brain lost. The sooner patients receive treatment the more likely they are to make a better recovery."

Friday, June 14, 2013

NEW SSS POLICY ON PENSION, ETHICALLY QUESTIONABLE, AT THE VERY LEAST

Sneak punch

By Manila Standard Today | Posted on Jun. 15, 2013 at 12:01am | 770 views
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/06/15/sneak-punch/

The law says members of the Social Security System with at least 10 years of contributions to the Fund should receive pension at age 65. But new requirements imposed by the present SSS management has turned this future benefit into an illusion.
SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio de Quiros, in a statement released last June 6, said members who turned 65 on April 1, 2013 but failed to meet the required 120 contributions (equivalent to 10 years) will only get back their contributions. They will not qualify for pension.
The SSS is a pension fund. If it cannot provide pension, what is it?
For the past 60 years, since the SSS was created in 1957, members who lack the required number of contributions have been allowed to continue paying until they meet the pension requirement. The reason is obvious. Many workers often change jobs and their contributions could be intermittent.
Isn’t it reasonable that they be allowed to pay even beyond age 65 to meet the pension requirement?
The widows and minor children of members will also feel the brunt of the new policy. When you deny a member the opportunity to cover the gaps in his contributions, you also deny the benefit to his family when the member dies. The law provides that the benefit can be passed on to the widow and minor children.
What is the cause of this harsh attitude by SSS management towards its members? Why so sudden?
According to some SSS officials, who asked not to be named because they lack authority to speak for the Fund, De Quiros has a ready answer: “Para hindi malugi ang SSS.”
The answer smacks of insensitivity to the struggle of Filipino workers to contribute to SSS despite their meager pay. Records show many workers live below the poverty line. A pension gives them a glimmer of hope for the future—a promise that has turned into a lie.
The new policy announced by De Quiros was a sneak punch to the solar plexus. It took effect on April 1, but De Quiros announced it to the public on June 6. Members, who were lucky to learn about it before April 1, have to meet another set of requirements to be allowed to continue paying contributions.
The law also allows even 59-year-old workers to become members. But there is no sense in contributing to the SSS if you are not assured of pension. SSS should look into its membership, identify those who do not qualify and tell them to stop paying. It is unfair for SSS to shatter their hopes at the end.

ANOTHER CEBU PACIFIC PLANE SKIDS IN THE RUNWAY AGAIN. 3 IN A ROW FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS. VERY ALARMING!

So, what's new? Yet, given that there's turbulence, BUT that it HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN A ROW, IN SPAN OF TWO WEEKS, is VERY ALARMING. In PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, such occurrences are called ANOMALIES. ANOMALIES point to something that's DEFINITELY WRONG IN THE SITUATION, or SYSTEM. And I don't think it's the runway. CAAP, (ALSO CALLING PNOY!) THIS ISN'T A MATTER SIMPLY TO BE IGNORED. I've no personal peeve about CEBU PAC. HOWEVER, the PUBLIC WEAL AND WELFARE S AT STAKE HERE. ERGO, AT THE VERY LEAST, SUSPENSION OF CEBU PAC OPERATIONS IS IN ORDER, PENDING THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. ARE WE STILL WAITING FOR A HORRENDOUS TRAGEDY TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE ACT? WILL WE WAIT FOR ANOTHER LUNETA INCIDENT TO EXPLODE IN OUR COLLECTIVE FACES BEFORE DILIGENT, RESOLUTE, FAST ACTION IS INITIATED? CAAP, DOTC, PNOY, PLEASE WAKE UP!