The Official Nonsense Thread

[Minty]

There's no chance of them going broke, they are owned by the Malaysian government which subsidises them to the hilt. They've a bad reputation for running more times at a loss than profit due to corruption, but also they're unsustainable without government money. They used to run jointly with Singapore Airways, but they fell out. Singapore's does a lot better, but they treat their staff badly.

The Malaysians have only had seven accidents, but they do like to go for the spectacular. Until the disappearence incident, the most famous one was the jet heading to Perth where they only realised when almost too late that the auto navigation system had bugged to the extent that were it not for service ceiling, they'd have been flying off into outer space!