KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is currently in talks with its codeshare partner, China Southern Airlines regarding the MH370 case, its chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said today.

“That is still in discussion,” he told reporters during the routine press conference on the ill-fated aircraft here today. 

Ahmad Jauhari was responding to a question about whether China Southern Airlines had come forward to share the responsibility on the MH370 tragedy.

Flight MH370 was also marketed as China Southern Airlines flight 748 (CZ748), with some passengers holding the Chinese airline’s tickets. 

As to whether Boeing had provided any form of funding for the search mission, Ahmad Jauhari said, “So far Boeing has not provided any form of funding but they are fully co-operating with the investigation team and us to find out what happened to MH370.”

Ahmad Jauhari was also asked if the pilot and co-pilot know each other prior to the flight to which he replied both pilots were in an automatic rostering system used by the airline.

“We try to roster them as efficiently as possible. They don’t necessarily need to know each other. We have a large community of pilots, they tend to know each other and sometimes they don’t. There are thousands of them,” he added.

On psychological tests conducted on all pilots, Ahmad Jauhari said the procedure was not only done when MAS recruited new pilots.

“It’s something we check yearly, and six monthly depending on their medical renewal and it is normally done with aviation doctors,” he said.

Meanwhile, on compensation for the families of MH370’s passengers and crew, Ahmad Jauhari said MAS was of course talking to various legal parties and families regarding the issue.

“So far what we have been requested, especially by the families, is to identify the evidence affirmatively. They want to see the evidence in terms of the aircraft,” he said.

Defence Minister and acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein added that the government had also asked the Attorney-General’s Chambers to look at all the possible legal implications. — Bernama