Spotted this on social media:
While the reaction of certain passengers here was idiotic, I understand the reason behind it. Substituting code-sharing operators is one thing but substituting a trusted operator with a charter company is just breach-of-contract. Many Israelis choose to fly only on Israeli carriers due to security concerns and the paramount security they employ. Even I routinely skip the lowest price flights if I don't like the operator. Almost all crashes today are traceable to a lax safety culture or bad pilot vetting and if there is one thing I've learned on this forum, it is the importance of that culture. If operators can sell you a flight based on the trust they've earned and then put you on a lesser operator, you have no way to defend yourself (aside from your fists. apparently).
Smartwings is a reputable operator, I know this, but these people probably didn't. Arkia can't be allowed to sell a person one thing and deliver another. Not when what they are selling is a trusted brand. It's unethical.
(Ignoring of course the irony that Israel itself might not even exist today except for the Czech aircraft and Czech pilot-training donated during the 1948 war).
While the reaction of certain passengers here was idiotic, I understand the reason behind it. Substituting code-sharing operators is one thing but substituting a trusted operator with a charter company is just breach-of-contract. Many Israelis choose to fly only on Israeli carriers due to security concerns and the paramount security they employ. Even I routinely skip the lowest price flights if I don't like the operator. Almost all crashes today are traceable to a lax safety culture or bad pilot vetting and if there is one thing I've learned on this forum, it is the importance of that culture. If operators can sell you a flight based on the trust they've earned and then put you on a lesser operator, you have no way to defend yourself (aside from your fists. apparently).
Smartwings is a reputable operator, I know this, but these people probably didn't. Arkia can't be allowed to sell a person one thing and deliver another. Not when what they are selling is a trusted brand. It's unethical.
(Ignoring of course the irony that Israel itself might not even exist today except for the Czech aircraft and Czech pilot-training donated during the 1948 war).
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