dear all as u noe 90 people have died and every muslim will belive that israel launched a missille at the areoplane

dear the so called x-pilot,
why do i smell some thing of a disgruntled Amiche, eritrean in your long and boring fiction. pilots are too sophisticated to get so personal about individuals, in this case Ato wakee. trust me, Ethiopians of all walk can easily smell an eritrean rat this days.....we have seen you comment as everything ethiopia, be it Ogadeni, Oromo, amhara, Tigree, and now a pilot. I can't wait to see who are you going be next.

Girma Wake is a smart Oromo but this accident might be intentional by TPLF agents to fire Obbo Girma
we are wathcing!

people before dead had been born.This is nature rule the daynof death better than the day of birth so for the death is hte destinty of every man.the living shoud take this to heart this is gift of the GOD ,so no one has power over the day of death 'a time to be born and a time die 'I really feel bad the LORD SAVE THE VICTIMS GOD blees all victims

I would like to start by saying a silent prayer for the victims and Crew of ET 409 may god rest their souls. I am not a disgruntled Pilot or seeking revenge. This is what was waiting to happen to Ethiopian Airlines in the shadows. As they say it ‘Sirotu Yetatekut Suri Sirotu yefeal” . Ethiopian airlines is led by a so called COO who is incapable , corny appointed , no credential , severe lack of experience and no knowledge of the aviation or flying side of the business.

These individuals and his cronies who he has appointed by eliminating anybody that is against his philosophy or anyone who he thinks is blocking his path to his final frontier to become the CEO of the Airline by replacing the ageing legendary and visionary Ato Girma Wake. This man or so called C.O.O has bent the rules by allowing or intimidating pilots to fly beyond regulation allowed hours, a pilot body working like salves with no collective agreement, Glorifying and talking in public about pilots that he personally has intimidated to violate flight and duty times, scolding and degrading staff in public and the list goes on. If employees were given the right to talk without repercussion today this man will be sent to jail for life for his crimes. Who is this man?? From what I have discovered before I left the airline: that he brags of a degree that he obtained thru on line correspondence while he was the area manager in New York. There are eye witnesses that testify his degrees are plagiarized and someone had to take the entire test and classes for him. He has no experience as COO or running neither flight department nor M&E etc... He is the head and decision maker in these departments. He has made comments to the media out of his no knowledge capacity that disgraces the pilots of Ethiopian Airlines. This man is pushing Department heads of the Flt operations to upgrade pilots without proper qualifications. An example is: a Pilot to be upgraded needs 9 to 10 hours of training in the simulator other than the CBT and ground school he or she takes according to the regulation. But this man has pushed department heads to give incapable and not ready Pilot candidates to upgrade by allowing or forcing to give those additional hours to some up to 30 hours to prepare them for command ship. His expansion vision that he brags about does not have substance. As pilots’ are intimidated to fly over 100 hours where regulation states 70 to 80 hours is ample. Pilots are intimidated and warned of losing their jobs if they ask for vacation. He forces pilots to take money instead of their hard earned and well deserved vacation time. I had an accumulated vacation time of 6 years that I could not take. Every time I asked as was told which I know it came directly from him that I am not a team player and I should expect repercussion in the future.. The list goes on. If you think I am fabricating these story please talk discretely to some of the pilots and you will hear all the horror stories since this guy took office. For your information most of the pilots are flying hoping they will get my kind of opportunity one day. It is not that we hate our Airline or don’t care for its growth; it is just that this man is making all Ethiopian Airlines employees life hell on earth with his cronies.

Supply and demand of Pilots and leased airplanes:

He brags about the expansion plan he has drafted which is the result what just occurred yesterday. Pilots are flying tired and fatigues. An Ethiopian Airlines had a recent incident were both crew members fall asleep and flew into Italian airspace without clearance because of severe lack of sleep and rest time . He is buying and leasing Airplanes that should not fly because of wear and tear previous mechanical problems etc… His only vision of expansion as I said has no substance because he has no plans how he is going to fill all the slots with pilots. He is constantly advertising for pilots which I don’t have any objection if it helps the Airline grow. But most of them are leaving after 4 to 5 month service because they could not stand his heat or working condition. He is hoping by this dangerous vision he will have the vote of confidence to gain the CEO position once the current leader leaves. I can only say once this happens Ethiopian Airlines might as well expect tragedies after tragedy. I hope and pray that does not happen, just for the sake of this conglomerate Airline with its great safety records and for the sake of the pilots and x ET employees and current employees.





Pilot’s grief and mishandling:

Pilots and cabin Crew members are voicing their grief when we see them on their stop over abroad. Our heart sinks with sorrow when we hear their stories. How some of them have not seen their family or children for days. How some of them fear for their jobs as they are intimidated day in day out by this person’s cronies. Let all Ethiopians be aware that I love my Airline and will go back to fly for Ethiopian in a heartbeat. I have plenty of years left. I am out here flying for a foreign Airline because of the mishandling and violation of Pilots rights. I am sure he might argue saying he is paying pilots more than anybody in the country. Bloggers they deserve every penny they get. They are still under paid. He is hiring foreign pilots way more than what he pays the locals. All the pilots know his deed but the saddest thing is they don’t have anywhere to go. He has blocked their license or will not allow them to resign. He will ask them to fork their training sometimes up to $500, 000 Birr plus he threatens them that he will have all the property and their parents or relatives property confiscated if they don’t pay and so on. I will write next time how I left. It was the saddest day in my life to leave my Airline but I had to as so many are waiting in the shadows to-do the same.

Bloggers again I am not a disgruntled former employee I am just voicing my opinion and hope fully I am been the voice of so many that are suffocating and still flying because they don’t have no choice. I pray for the Crew and passengers that perished on ET flight 409. But I will say it again this was looming in the shadows to happen. I hope this will be the end of it and Ethiopian will have a capable and experienced individual to run as COO who has authority over the Flight operations department again. Long live Ethiopian Airlines and the staff that are tirelessly fighting for its survival and God Bless Ethiopia.



XET pilot

How many East Africans have lost their lives in Sahara desert and in Mediterranean sea as they are trying to escape evil act inflicted up on them by idiot politicians. When you pray for those 90 people lost their life in this tragic accident, don't forget also to pray for those lost their life while trying to come to EU so as to survive.

IN OUR HISTORY, ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES HAD ONLY 3 CRASHES BUT 2 OF THEM CAME UNDER TPLF REGIME
WEYANE IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY IN EVERY WAY

this is very veryheart breaking, RIP

Our people suffereng everywhere even when theythink escaping poverty in ethipia i am in deep sarrow for the Oromo/ethiopian families of the victims
itis a national tragidy even for the airlins reputation

My deepest condolence for all the families and friends who lost their loved ones on the Ethiopian flight. Along with my entire family, we are praying for all the families touched by this national tragedy that happened today 2009-01-25.
May God comfort the all of you.
GOD BLESS

Girum Gebretsadik