Vetting Pilots: The Flydubai 1073 Questions
When a Flydubai first officer attacked his captain with a crash axe on the Dubai–Tel Aviv route, it exposed something the aviation industry already knew: destination countries don't vet foreign pilots. Israel confirmed it relies on airlines to certify their own crews — even though an existing Flydubai–Israel agreement was supposed to keep Omani nationals off that route. This episode works through listener Daniel's five questions: who vets flight crews, whether any destination country has ever vetted foreign crews, whether a route-specific regime could actually work, what it does to airline…
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