Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"We did not know if Air Sahara would pay us for recovering the disabled aircraft as no authority from Sahara approached us with the required go-ahead."

Source: Air-India's Mumbai airport manager, Vidya Lokhande, quoted by the Mumbai Mid-Day News. The paper reported Lokhande refused to move an Air Sahara 737 stuck at the end of the runway after skidding off the pavement for four days, until he was able to extract from Air Sahara promise of payment. The airline thought the airport would take on the financial responsibility of moving the plane and so the 737 sat... and sat...and sat while other aircraft operations were conducted from a much shorter runway. That caused a lot of delays and made passengers so angry that at one point, they chased India's transport minister clean out of the airport. For incidents like these, we use the American Distress Card. Don't fly home without it...

FMI: www.mumbaiairport.com