In a message to American expatriates titled “Philippines Civil Aviation Safety Caution,” dated Jan. 15, the US Embassy said:
“Whenever possible, Americans traveling to and from the Philippines should fly to their destinations on international carriers from countries whose civil aviation authorities meet international aviation safety standards for the oversight of their air carrier operations under the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program...
...Some ATO employees, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, cited what they said were records showing that the Philippines had 13 aviation-related accidents from October 2007 to January 2008 which they blamed on the supposed incompetence of some of these officials...
13 accidents in a span of four months? whoa... that's harsh. Hope things get better. Funny that it took another country's report for the Philippine government to act.
Anyway, back to monitoring the latest on Britney Spears...
