The rise of frequency in accidents and flight dealys of PIA are beyond an acceptable limit. Mere claims of improvement or launching a media campaign to prove a turnaround are not enough. The airline is riddled with political appointments and mismanagement. Bad decisions coupled with indiscipline has made this airline non-reliable.

The staff at traffic counters is as rude now as it used to be. As if this was not enough, we now have intoxicated pilots trying to fly and getting caught in UK.

PIA needs to reform its management, enforce discipline and have transparency in all its deals. It needs to regain the confidence of the travelling public. PIA should be privatised like KESC.

As long as it is a state-owned corporation, it will be monopolised by the likes of those who sit today in its executive corridors.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2005