It is sad to read about the current state of NA caused by machinations of corrupt politicians and by inept management within the NA itself.

There are many honest and hard-working Nepalese like those working for Nepal Airlines as Vijay Lama has stated. You can find them throughout the country in almost every field working as farmers, laborers, teachers, small businessmen, doctors, engineers etc. There are honest people like these even in the government bureaucracy and the police-force. They are millions of them who are laboring abroad and sending remittances back home to support their families, and thereby supporting the country's economy.

It is easy to overlook these silent people because they rarely if ever make the headlines; they do not make loud threats against their fellow-citizens or indulge in violence. All they are trying to do is make an honest living by going to work every day, and support their families.

 Because of their honesty and integrity, they are of little use to any political parties or organizations; and they frequently get sidelined for promotions, their grievances are hardly ever heard.

All the headlines on TV and newspapers are usually captured by the brass loud-mouthed  leaders affiliated with different political parties and organizations. Most often these so-called leaders,unlike the silent class, are people who rarely have any professional skill or a job, and do not have to go work daily to support their family.

They parasitize and subsist on the hard-earned labor and income of others by threatening them directly for donations or thrive by misuse of public/government funds( collected again through the hard-earned labor of the silent  majority).

Until the silent majority wakes up and shakes off this parasitic class and demands more accountability from the government, political parties and civic organizations, the country will keep on sliding towards the same fate  as Nepal Airlines.

What's happened at NAC is pathetic and totally symbolic of a nation being driven to ruins, not by any foreign power, but by the hands of those whom we were so foolish enough to believe in and follow.  Our home brewed nexus of Netas ( translation:  Mafia, Camera, yakuza, Triads...take your pick )...   There is no word that can satiate the depravity of these hyenas who in the space of a short 20 years have sucked the very lifeblood out of a once proud airline ( read country ).   The root cause of this is the political  elitism that has existed in our nation that allowed a small group  of educated brahmins and Chettris to rule the roost for the past 300 years.  Monopoly ?  Power behind the throne ?  Let's face it, the Shahs or the Shamshers were nothing but dumb despots who as long as they got their shot of Old Grouse could'nt care less if the Terai was burning or if the Bagmati ran dry.  Koirala or Bhattarai or Pandey - same wolf , different forest to hunt each decade.  Hunt in packs and keep everyone ignorant so you can rape and pillage the country side at will.   But I am beginning to ramble here because every time I read about NAC, my blood boils and my stomach curdles with disgust.    So it is with NAC.  Its days are numbered but even now there are vultures waiting to pick the fatally wounded Yeti and plunderers waiting to bring the edifice down and sell the plot of prime land to the highest bidder for another shopping mall.   Let's cut the suffering short and take the life support off from the comatose patient that is NAC.  Which pilot in his right mind ( with due respect to the honorable but quixotic Mr. Lama who is fighting a windmill here ) would want to risk his present or future with an airline that simple cannot fly straight even if it wanted to.   There are so many villains  to this sordid  tragedy that nothing short of a mass cleansing will work.  And after that, just sell the damned company to some other sucker who wants it so badly.

Dear Cpt.Vijay,

It is sad to know about the RNAC's current situation. However, looking into the current socioeconomic and political situation in Nepal your promise of "I will only quit when it is flying high again, or when it has to close down."  may surely come true one way or other. Here you are crying foul from last couple of years, but the truth of the matter is the country itself is cheated and raped over and over again by the same group of corrupt, selfish, power hungry, self-centered, and ruthless leaders. Hence, improvement in economic front with honesty and fairness is the only answer to your questions. It is admirable to see you still flying the same old RNAC planes amidst the chaos and conflict in the whole country. Unfortunately, until the political situation is resolved and our leaders follow the path of honesty, I see very little hope for honest and hardworking people like you.  It seems like you should run for the political office and become a minister to clear this whole mess yourself and start fresh from the scratch. It is in deed very sad to see that Nepal with so much air traffic from all over the world does not have their own quality airlines to provide the services. We may have to seek advice from the Thai International.   

Interesting that everyone is willing to blame the politicians but no one wants to point out that the political system is designed to make it almost impossible to resist this kind of corruption.

We want electoral democracy but pretend that it costs nothing. How else are political parties to be financed? A system where a levy was charged on all voters in order to finance political parties would, at one stroke, reduce this kind of corruption to a trickle. It would also make it the exception rather than the rule so that it would be easier to prosecute.

Hundred rupees per person per year would be more than sufficient. Any takers?

Don't know about you 11, but while I agree, I think that would make Nepal the first country in the world to have popularly kicked out democracy.

NAC is a metaphor for the state of Nepal:

1) Cancellation and not reaching your destination = Political impasse

2) Lack of In-flight Entertainment, lack of spare parts etc = Rubbish infrastructure, loadshedding, water shortage 

3) One airworthy 757 = No other options

....you get the idea

But seriously, as Captain Lama has alluded, NAC could be a profitable enterprise by just servicing the manpower industry.

I'm looking into flying to Kuala Lumpur soon and heard that the govt has rescinded the licence for Air Arabia to fly direct KTM-KL due to lobbying by NAC. Apparently, this route is the most lucrative for NAC. So I thought about flying direct to KL with NAC and looked at the flight schedule on the website about 2 weeks ago. The number of cancellations for the KL route put me off so now I'll pay a premium and take Thai Airways via BKK instead.

If NAC were reliable then I would have flown with them and my rupees would have remained in Nepal. The govt and management of NAC better decide on what business model to adopt and do it quick. In my opinion Qatar Airways is now the de facto standard for international flights to and from Nepal although they're getting pretty pricey and Air Asia/Air Arabia are waiting in the wings at the low cost end. Once they're established NAC won't get another look in.

NAC is dying a slow death and is in ICU

4) No national flag carrier = no country