Bijay Lama, Your words stand to your actions! I remembered well, being flown by you to Jumla for a health Camp long ago. You have served country very well and your dedication is second to non. Be it a matter of distributing clothes in remote areas or be it flying a sick from Simikot, your help towards people in Karnali region is admired by everyone. You represent a shinning ray of hope in country like ours and therefore, I wish you all the best for keeping our nation national flag carrier afloat! Please dont listen to those who ask you to join mega money paying airline company, I'm sure you have a very comfortable life comparing to many Nepali Daju Bhai Did Baini and you will have more happiness by serving the poors of the country that accumulating dollars. I hope that your ideas will be heard by good leaders if there are any in Nepal.

In my opinion, Nepal Airlines would fare well given following conditions:

a. It is treated as a no nonsense business run for profit, profit of airlines as an enterpirse, which is sans politics and corruption (but there's so much money involved and so many hungry bellies to feed  take the case of Lauda, possibly every gun filled their pockets)

b. It should collaborate with other international airlines. This must be in place but definitiely needs to improve or go wider. We all know Nepal airlines cannot buy as many aircrafts and as many staff to be located internationally but collaborative effort with profit oriented business model would help.

c.Maybe it should go 100 percent public. Goverment can collect taxes on profit.

c. Install some rat traps :) and stop making international headlines for goat sacrifices. I would say needs a good PR.

d. Nepal airlines and Thai airlines started at same time. The latter has set itself as a Brand. Effort needs to put in not just to run daily service but to build the airlines as a Brand for quality and service.

None of my the pointers above are new and people can give million reasons why we can't meet it. Tell me how we can meet it. What we need here is solution not defending what problem is a problem. For that we need a good team to work towards it who are no nonsense and only business.

Kudos to vijay lama for his superb thoughts. He is really a nationalist rather than our politicians who never  tired of giving tirades of nationalism .  I appreciate his selfishlessness attitude and dedication to uplift our country. Im sure that he could find a green pastures in western countries and many of us doing it too .  We all educated people need to think about our country after reading this article. we can earn money and live a decent life in western countries but we are just living a second class citizens. I bet you that you never counted as a bonafide citizens in the eyes of white people. I'm telling my experiences after years of my stay in united states.

Nepal is sick as all of us knew this facts. our politicians and beaurocrates are morally corrupt and they are doing the hell over there. But still , we could fix after thing. So folks think about it . what you can contribute for your mother-land ?

Ram kunwar,

Jackson

Mississippi

USA.

While I admire Capt. Lama's longing for a political interference free NAC, I must say I had a horrible experience couple of years ago on his flight from Pokhara to Kathamandu. There was a female trainee pilot who gave all of us the scare of our lives on a twin otter plane. She was like a little kid driving--giving us motion sickness. Instead of a smooth take off, she shot the plane up like a fighter airplane with sharp turns, finally levelling out. While trying to land in Kathmandu airport, I looked out the window & I knew we were too high for a gradual landing. Then, she nose dived towards the airport & did a L turn. I really thought we were going to crash & die. All I could do was hold on to the seat real tight & pray. She did land finally with a few bounces & screeches.

The Co-pilot of Capt. Lama was training the female pilot instead him. And where was Capt. Lama during all this horrific flight--he was in the back seat checking out a vide camcorder & flirting with the stewardess, least bothered. All the passengers were really mad & disgusted. Some even filed a complaint with the Station Manager. But who cares in Nepal... Only if people practiced what they preached.

Glad to see that we have someone within, like Vijay Lama, who shows the gut to speak out his thoughts.  There is no place in the NAC for a hardworking, well meaning, loyal and outspoken person like Vijay Lama. The politicians and bureacracy have brought to the moribund stage of the Nepal Airlines.

As a frequent flier, I avoid NAC and fly only when there is no other alternative as it is the airlines of my last choice or no choice. I have too many of my experience to narrate in RNAC and now NAC. It is NOT going to change no matter who runs the management.

NAC has been used as a free ride airlines and also the ATM machine by the politicians and bureacracy.

Only one thing will save the NAC: that is PRIVATIZE IT. But first liquidate it and fire all the employees. A good Capatain like Vijay Lama will be rewarded then to what his worth in a privatized airlines.

Go for the privatization if you would like to save the NAC.

To Birodhi where it says he have to train the trainee and his co-pilot cannot train. Do not circumvate one incident which is allowed to do so. He is through proffessional. This reminds me when i was flying from bhairahawa to ktm almost 16 yrs ago. He was asked to go to pokhara cuz there was some sick person and his family. Citing he may need medical help Mr. Lama fly the plane to pokhara eventhough it was direct flight from bhw to ktm. Once landing in pkr he finds that some drunk high ranking employee of than RNAC waiting to board a plane. He got so furious ppl have to stop him beating a crap out of that person. As i remember him saying this are the reasons why our cost is going high. RNAC is not some individuals bau ko birta he he he .

To jewan pakhrin do not compare RNAC to RNAC after 2046 BS. RNAC before first janaandolan was counted among top 10 airlines in asia. I know my family friend who was than flight attendent saying indian ppl prefer flying RNAC from hk, singapore and dubai where as they have luxury of flying direct flight from above mention places to their country. It was Sujata who downed the RNAC now known as NA. After both janaandolan we thought there will be change but its still the same. We all know it takes time but still we should be able to see some results don't we or we are not allowed to expect that. I have luxury of flying to other airline but  ihave always prefered NA no matter what hassles i have to go through and have experienced too but all of those hassles were never from a crew but from a beaurocratic mambo jambo. In my honest opinion(maybe i am lucky) i have always meet real professional crew from NA which there is only handful of them. Give business to your own airlines atleast we can do that.

aastu