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Islam and the art of Aircraft Maintenance (feelgood story of the day /s)
The First Post ^ | 3/12/2009 | Claire Berlinski

Posted on 03/13/2009 9:56:57 AM PDT by Riflema

..."They charged that many of the new cabin crew, for example, were graduates of religious Imam Hatip schools rather than of technical universities - Imam Hatip schools were, the pilots said, classified as 'trade schools' and the Imam Hatip alumni were therefore 'camouflaged' as trade school graduates. This is no trivial claim, if true: the main responsibility of cabin crew is not to serve meals, but to handle in-flight emergencies or evacuations"

(Excerpt) Read more at thefirstpost.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: claireberlinski; fridayplanes; nutters
Fascinating insight into the possible decline in engineering standards at Turkey's national air carrier following the election of a sharia-leaning gubmint.

I have heard horror stories of sundry arab countries' air forces rotting on the ground, it seems to be contagious

1 posted on 03/13/2009 9:56:57 AM PDT by Riflema
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To: Riflema

“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.

The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities - but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”

-Sir Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50
(London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899).


2 posted on 03/13/2009 10:03:59 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 53 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Riflema

“..arab countries’ air forces rotting on the ground..”

Can’t you just see Israeli fighter pilots rubbing their hands in glee?


3 posted on 03/13/2009 10:12:39 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Riflema

I think this story has to be re told also.

http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3207/85/


4 posted on 03/13/2009 10:18:32 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I agree with Rick..)
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To: Riflema

The best way to look at Sharia?

It is political correctness - albeit with a different focus, and magnified by 100 times.


5 posted on 03/13/2009 10:26:07 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Riflema
This is no trivial claim, if true: the main responsibility of cabin crew is not to serve meals, but to handle cause in-flight emergencies or evacuations"

6 posted on 03/13/2009 10:28:40 AM PDT by stylin19a (Obama - the ethical exception asterisk administration)
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To: Riflema
Won't be long before somebody posts the picture....
7 posted on 03/13/2009 10:31:08 AM PDT by starlifter (Sapor Amo Pullus)
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To: starlifter

ermmm... What picture?


8 posted on 03/13/2009 10:33:18 AM PDT by MortMan (Power without responsibility-the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. - Rudyard Kipling)
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To: null and void

Now that is a quote.


9 posted on 03/13/2009 10:41:23 AM PDT by MattinNJ (Sanford/Palin in 2012)
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To: Riflema

Whenever I hear the words “Islam” and “aircraft” in the same sentence a red flag goes up....


10 posted on 03/13/2009 10:44:24 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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To: All
And in December, 2006, it was widely reported that Turkish Airlines workers had sacrificed a camel on an Istanbul airport ramp as a gesture of thanks for having at last got rid of a batch of troublesome planes.

And remember kiddies, "All societies are of equal value"

Reason 1432 to NOT fly to an islmaic country, or on their airlines.

11 posted on 03/13/2009 10:45:05 AM PDT by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: MortMan
Give it time.....
12 posted on 03/13/2009 10:52:28 AM PDT by starlifter (Sapor Amo Pullus)
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To: Turbo Pig

Yeah, that one stood out for me too! Imagine the Sky Caps: “Nothing to see here folks, move along”.


13 posted on 03/13/2009 10:59:05 AM PDT by Riflema
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To: 353FMG

They can barely maintain 1960’s technology trucks. In both Gulf Wars, ours and Britain’s MBT’s went through their armor like crap through a goose. If the first Gulf War Saddam had his pilots fly their planes to Iran and in the second, he didn’t (or couldn’t) even get them in the air.


14 posted on 03/13/2009 11:01:03 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Amazing story and photos. Thanks for posting. You will now be stoned to death. ;o)


15 posted on 03/13/2009 11:10:21 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: Turbo Pig

NR gets it right sometimes. Here’s a must read. And they reference a great, great line by William Henry III from his excellent book....

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=MjZiOGI4NDliNjg5YTI3ZmNiMzM4MTAwNGU5NjhmMjQ=


16 posted on 03/13/2009 11:12:47 AM PDT by Mac from Cleveland (How to make a small fortune in the Obama era--first, start off with a big fortune....)
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To: Riflema

Well scratch Turkish Airlines from my list of potential air carriers.


17 posted on 03/13/2009 11:19:30 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Now that was funny. Thanks for posting.


18 posted on 03/13/2009 11:33:25 AM PDT by jim_trent
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To: Blood of Tyrants

No kidding.. Gulf War I was like being at one of those shooting ranges with those little tin silhouette animals moving past on a conveyor belt.


19 posted on 03/13/2009 1:13:12 PM PDT by Crolis (Kill your television!)
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To: MortMan
I am shocked by the poor performance of Freepers this day. Here is the pic in question:
20 posted on 03/13/2009 3:03:34 PM PDT by starlifter (Sapor Amo Pullus)
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