IFALPA press statement on the ASC's SQ006 report
26/4/2002

IFALPA is dismayed that the listing of causal factors and accompanying recommendations do not appear to be supported by the underlying factual investigation.

We are very concerned with the attitude contained in the report, which seemed to suggest that the obvious critical airport deficiencies do not enter into the considerations of the difficulties faced by pilots in unusual situations, such as was presented to the crew of SQ006.

Should this same attitude result in individual prosecution of the pilots, IFALPA will be forced not only to condemn the prosecution, but also to convey to the pilots of the world in the strongest possible terms-the difficulties of operating flights into Taiwan.

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations represent in excess of 100,000 pilots and flight engineers in almost 100 countries world-wide.