Egypt’s aviation loses over $429,000 to workers strike

It is a jungle out there at Cairo Airport.
The scene of repeated threats from workers complaining about work conditions or demanding more monetary benefits became an ugly eyesore. This is in addition to the chaos of traffic around the airport terminals and the mafia of taxi drivers in cooperation with corrupted policemen.
Sure, it is nuisance for passengers to deal with that. However, the story is totally different when it comes to safety and security of airport operations. A strategic place like the airport is supposed to be governed by more stringent measures. The airport is not supposed to be a playground for those careless individuals.
I have my own doubts about the amount of losses released by the airport management. Being a part of the problem itself, the airport team would exaggerate the level of wrongdoing of the other side.
Frankly, the airport needs a real administrative, technical, moral revolution to eradicate the multilayered obsolete management mentality.
Date: 08 June 2013 commenting on http://www.ventures-africa.com/

Striking workers at Cairo airport dismissed

Dismissal of 15 workers is not a smart thing to do. What kind of naive minister is that? He is actually complicating things as dismissal without proper legal procedures would give those workers the chance to take the case to the court. They could end up returning to their jobs and be appropriately compensated for what happened to them.

I would interrogate all of them and then fire without any severance pay or financial benefits all those who are actually involved in that stupid action. Airport operation is not a toy for some careless individuals to play with everyday like that.

On the other hand, I know that the airport’s management team, which is headed by the Minister of Civil Aviation himself, may be the source of those reasons which trigger the employees’ demonstrations and strikes.
Date: 07 June 2013 commenting on http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/

Civil aviation workers prepare for mass protests on Monday

Workers versus management, who would win when it comes to head-on confrontation?
Generally, workers are right with their request regarding the ex-military air force senior officers. Moving to civilian aviation field is not supposed to be the de facto retirement path for military air personnel unless they have really higher credentials than the senior staff of the civilian aviation companies in question. In other words, the workers have to accept the decision of appointing ex-military personnel if the latter are meticulously superior in their credentials.
On the other hand, the protesting workers have to be careful not to cause interruption to the operation of their companies. Otherwise, they might find themselves on the street suffering from the plague of unemployment. After all, they have been hired to do specific tasks, and demonstration is definitely not one of them.

Date: 25 July 2011 commenting on http://www.almasryalyoum.com/

Maran set to buy 40% in SpiceJet

If SpiceJet’s fragmented ownership has prevented the airline from expanding its fleet as there was always a sense of uncertainty in the ownership, what about the non-fragmented and non-experienced ownership of the novice suitor, Mr. Kalanithi Maran?
Well, are we supposed to assume that the no-objection certificate previously obtained from the Ministry of Civil Aviation to run a non-scheduled air passenger service an acceptable credential?
If the current speculations will become the reality of tomorrow, it is highly recommended for Mr. Maran to appoint a technocratic team to run the airline on his behalf. Otherwise, there will be a giant question mark wrapping the future operation of SpiceJet.

Date: 15 June 2010 commenting on http://www.livemint.com/

Rescuing Air India from crisis requires hard decisions and political support

Writing the above article requires a great deal of boldness. Criticizing Indian affairs by an Indian citizen simply implies credibility.

The shocking facts revealed throughout the article are quite resembling the situation of Aeroflot. Its board of directors said last week (viz. the tweet of Airlinologist on 21 JUN) that the airline is 30% overstaffed which is the result of reasons similar to those which made Air India 50% overstaffed.

It is so sad to see the maharaja airlines falling like that due to the effect of corruption-infested India. Away from the sadness-triggering memories, let us face it. Government-supported airline is not the fashion any more. Comparing the ailing Air India with the privately-owned Kingfisher Airlines would clearly reveal some reasons of both failure of the former and success of the latter.

There is one more comment regarding the statement about the communist countries. It is true that that North Korea and Mongolia are still under communism. However, the situation is different for both China and Russia. China is somehow adopting a communist system under a capitalist flag. On the other hand, Russian Federation has been rigorously moving to the market economy since the collapse of the Soviet Union early 1990s.

Published at: http://www.bangaloreaviation.com/

CEO reveals what makes SpiceJet a leading airline in India in a frank interview

It is a quite achievement for an airline to start operation in mid 2005 and receive the Skytrax’s award of best Low Cost Carrier for India in 2007.

Published at: http://simpliflying.com