Should one really lament the pathetic state of Pakistan’s national airline? Is there any point in it? Isn’t it futile to keep talking of PIA’s great days in the sun when it was the toast of other airlines? Should one keep parroting the good old days when airlines in Asia were queuing up outside PIA’s hangars pleading to be taught the intricacies of airline business? How long can anyone go on defending its sliding fortunes? In the larger context of things, isn’t the airline’s sad decline simply another example of having gone to the dogs and finding they are not even home? And should we be surprised that years of misadministration have finally taken their toll?
Since October the newspapers have been experiencing turbulence as details started to filter through about the EASA -- the European Aviation Safety Agency, banning PIA flights into Europe. As is often the case in Pakistan, when you are under fire, the best policy is to lie through your teeth and if you haven’t any left, just bluff your way out. When EASA grounded PIA flights, a senior airline official -- a general manager -- quickly dismissed the ban, saying the objections were ‘minor’ and affected only one 747. The EASA he felt was being bloody-minded since the big issues were cleanliness, poor carpeting and upholstery and nothing else. Also PIA was a ‘threat’ to European airlines. Poppycock. I guess this gentleman must love his job because he went on to blame EASA for having ‘too high’ standards. That’s a new one for me, I must confess.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=32405
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I flew with PIA all over Asia 20 years ago. Although a dry airline, with a dip passport, and first class tickets, you could take your alcool on board, and they brought glasses with ice! Classy.
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