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Unused air strip at Ponta do Sol, Santa Antao to which TACV pilots refused to fly

TACV Flight delays

Pilot and copilot refuse to share cockpit

This is just one of the many reasons that TACV flights can be late. Amanha, amanha

"Passengers on TACV flight VR 610, which was supposed to have departed from Praia at 6:30 pm, only left for its destination - Fortaleza, Brazil, at 7 o'clock the nextmorning. This delay of more than twelve hours was the result of an incomplete flight crew. At approximately 8:40 pm - more than two hours after the scheduled time of departure - passengers were informed that the flight would not be taking place.
Rumour indicates that the co-pilot refused to fly alongside his colleague, with whom he is on unfriendly terms. As a result of the delay, the flight's more than 150 passengers had to return home, with the promise that the flight would leave at 5:30 am the next morning and the information that they would have to arrive at Praia International Airport two hours before. More than 50 passengers who arrived from Lisbon and who were supposed to continue on to Fortaleza had to be put up by TACV in local hotels.
And, as has become common practice, those awaiting the arrival of passengers from Fortaleza were unable to obtain any information whatsoever from TACV, in whose airport offices phones went unanswered. Many made their way to Praia International Airport only to discover that the flight that was scheduled to arrive early this morning was expected only at 2:00 pm.
According to some employees at Praia International Airport, VR 610 is not the first TACV flight that ended up being cancelled or delayed because of personal problems between different members of the flight crew. "There are pilots who will not fly with certain flight attendants, just as there are pilots who refuse to fly with certain co-pilots. Not to mention people who refuse to fly on their days off. Things have gotten to the point that there are people who have this procedure officially registered at the public notary," said a source. " 

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