http://donklephant.com/2008/03/28/life-goes-on-in-tehran/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/28/life-goes-on-in-tehran/comment-page-1/#comment-395087 Ali Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:46:46 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/28/life-goes-on-in-tehran/#comment-395087 Its a shame to hear that one of the panels fell off, but Iran air is one of the safest airlines in the world even if they do have a aging fleet. You have to also take into consideration the kindness and the 6 star rating that the cabin crew and pilots have in the flight. I have flown with IR about 10 times in the past few years (most recent one year ago) and they are completely flawless except for delays which plagues all iranian aviation which is either due to aircraft maintanence or late passengers. The pilots of IR are also one of the best pilots in the world and with the fleet of aircraft they have, it is very remarkable the effort and cost they put into the aircraft and the airline. If IR are allowed to place orders in the future, they will most definitely place an order with Boeing and airbus for +100 aircraft without delay. As a matter of fact I talked to the pilots on a flight deck visit and they said that airbus still owe them a few aircraft that were ordered before the revolution (A300, A310) Its a shame to hear that one of the panels fell off, but Iran air is one of the safest airlines in the world even if they do have a aging fleet. You have to also take into consideration the kindness and the 6 star rating that the cabin crew and pilots have in the flight. I have flown with IR about 10 times in the past few years (most recent one year ago) and they are completely flawless except for delays which plagues all iranian aviation which is either due to aircraft maintanence or late passengers. The pilots of IR are also one of the best pilots in the world and with the fleet of aircraft they have, it is very remarkable the effort and cost they put into the aircraft and the airline. If IR are allowed to place orders in the future, they will most definitely place an order with Boeing and airbus for +100 aircraft without delay. As a matter of fact I talked to the pilots on a flight deck visit and they said that airbus still owe them a few aircraft that were ordered before the revolution (A300, A310)

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