Biman
Engineer Shafi Ahmed, London, UK
The detailed discourse on this subject in PCP (29 June) mentioned the change of name, the slimming down of manpower, the restructuring of the board, financing for retrenchment, share allocation etc., and various other matters at length to make Biman profitable. All this sounds like the suggestion of rearranging of deck furniture on the Titanic when it was going down! The only thing that will make Biman a viable concern is a new fleet of planes, and trained pilots and engineers to run it smoothly, keeping its international schedule and developing a reputation of safety and punctuality. The old and outdated planes and the supporting mechanism need to be scrapped at the soonest and the new fleet introduced. There must also be a regular plan to periodically renew parts of the fleet, so that in about 20 years the fleet is completely renewed. Unfortunately, there was no mention of this fact in the article!
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