Paudyal Sir Namaste this is santosh bharati from ministry of Education and sport keshar mahal.I hope u will remember me cuase we did work at ESAT office in 2004 also do u know Dr. Min Bahadur Bista I had work with him from 2001 to 2006. I am really happy to post this message.

Namaste, Let me first write a bit about myself. My name is Anish Sapkota, who is originally from Biratnagar, Nepal, recently residing in Minneapolis city of United States which is the state of Minnesota. I have been here for almost 11 years now. Also, I would say I’m a singer on my other profession. I’m a lead singer of a popular Nepali band “OKELY”. I perform here in USA almost every year for events and occasions. This year I will be touring with my band here to few cities. Recently we performed in Colorado State. We performed in the cities of Denver and Estes Park and few more to go. Me and few other members are planning to promote Nepali Culture, Food and Music here in USA. We are planning to organize a 3 day event “KATHMANDU FOOD n MUSIC FESTIVAL” here in USA. Since, Colorado is a place where they know much about Nepal, being a mountain region. We have decided to select City of Boulder (State of Colorado) as our first starting venue for this event. We would like to see if we can be helped to organize this event and promote our country and culture here in USA, and we are very positive that the department of Culture and Tourism will be excited to help and promote this event financially and with full support. We can certainly submit out final plans and event detail once we know that the department and the ministry will be interested in helping us. We have planned to talk to our Ambassador here in Washington DC to seek any help we need here in USA also. Please kindly let us know if we can expect any assistance from the department of Culture and Tourism. We would highly appreciate you time on this. Thank you. Anish Sapkota Singer/Founder Okely Band 952-457-6038 (mobile) anishokely@hotmail.com (email)

Dear Sir, This is to inform you about the overt corruption going on in CAAN. Last month ATC Console of Nepalgunj Tower was moved to new constructed ATC Tower room. Some officials have made false bill amounting to Nrs. 700,000.00, while the work done is Nrs. 150,000.00. Sir, what is this? Please take action against the people that never did the job and got handsome cash and passed on the commission to the CAAN DG also. Thanking you in anticipation, Anti Corruption Forum in CAAN हाम्रो नाराः भ्रष्टाचारी काट्छौं- काट्छौं

Sir,
Apart form UNMIN there have been other accidents like Yeti Airlines Accident in Surkhet of 2007 (9N-AFE), the Shivani Air Accident of 2008, the Makalu Base Camp accident of 2008. We are talking of these!!

regards
Aircraft "Incident" Investigators from CAAN

we will publish accident report of UNMIN helocoptor after it matures

Dear Paudyal Jee Thank you for the information. We have received few Cds, posters and post card from Embassy of Nepal, Denmark. I, on behalf of Nepali Society at Ås, Norway (NEPSA) (www.nepsa.org.np) would like to thanks you and Embassy for the valuable materials. best wishes

i've one request if you can look furhter. i've send i don't know how many e-mail to department of tourism and your ministry but ................no reply at all. if the e-mail is not active or nobody can reply the e-mail, i think ministry should eliminate the e-mail from the site.

Sir,

Why doesn't your ministry's website list the Aircraft Accident Reports for the years 2007 and 2008, unless there is something to hide ??

Aircraft "Incident" Investigators from CAAN

Dear Sir,

This is to inform you about the overt corruption going on in CAAN in the name of preparation of various documents, where the CAAN Staff are receiving additional remuneration by way of membership of various committees.

The latest being the committees involved in the preparation of the Personnel and Licensing Requirements (PELR) for the fulfillment of obligation for the ICAO Annex 1 on Personnel Licensing. A committee had been formed to prepare a draft of the PELR in 2006 and is believed to have received a handsome remuneration for the draft and the draft never was processed for approval. Then another committee has been constituted for preparation of another requirement.

Sir, what is this? Please take action against the PELR drafting committee that never did the job and got handsome remuneration and passed on the commission to the CAAN DG also. Thanking you in anticipation,
Anti Corruption Forum in CAAN

हाम्रो नाराः भ्रष्टाचारी काट्छौं- काट्छौं

आदरणीय सचिवज्यू

गएको साउन १९ गतेको गोरखापत्रमा प्रकाशित हवाई उड्डयन सुरक्षा विभागको शिवानी एयरसँग सम्बन्धित सूचनामा शिवानी एयरले नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरणका नियमहरु प्ाालना नगरेको कारणले प्रशिक्षार्थी पाइलटहरुको तेश्रो ब्याच नलिन सूचित गरेको देखियो । यसबाट के बुझ्न सकिन्छ भने उसले उल्लेखित नियमहरु प्ाालना नगरिकनै पहिलो र दोश्रो ब्याच तालिमलाई निरन्तरता दिन सक्दछ । यसरी उड्डयन सम्बन्धि अत्यावश्यक नियमहरुको पालना नभइकन उत्पादन भएका पाइलटहरुबाट नेपालको हवाई सेवा सुरक्षित हुन सक्ला ????

जवाफ पाउँ ।

राजु शाक्य
ह्ाल नेपालगंज

नेपाल नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरणले ११औं तहमा बढुवाको विज्ञापन गरेको छ । प्राधिकरणको कुल दरबन्दि संख्या १०६५ र उच्चतम १२औं तहको पद व्यवस्था रहेको छ । प्राधिकरण भित्र १८ जना ११ तहमा पहिल्यै पदासिन छन । उक्त संख्यामा थप ११औं तहका पदाधिकारी राख्नको लागि यो विज्ञापन आएको छ ।

११औं तहमा देखिएको भीडतन्त्र नै प्राधिकरणको दुर्दशा हो । विगतमा यी १८ जना पदाधिकारीहरुले आलोपालो गरि महाप्रवन्धक उपमहानिर्देशक निमित्त महानिर्देशकमा पदाधिकार जमाएका थिए । कथित आकर्षक पद पाउन यिनीहरु ब्चि भइरहने िखंचातानीले गर्दा प्राधिकरणको दुर्दशा बनेको सवै सामु प्रष्ट छ । प्राधिकरणमा यी पदाधिकारीले काम पाएको भन्नाले चेक लेख्नु र चेकमा दस्तखत गर्नु लाई बुझाउछ । खासगरि ११औं तहका यी व्यवस्थापकहरु … ँकाम” नपाउदा काम पाउने हरुको खोइरो खन्ने खुट्टा तान्ने काममा लाग्द छन । यस नया विज्ञापन बाट थपिने पदाधिकारीहरु यहि खेलमा थपिने खेलाडीमात्र हुनेछन ।

यति धेरै संख्यामा व्यवस्थापकहरु थप्नु भन्दा बरु कामकाजी स्तर जस्तै सातौं तह तिर दरवन्दी बढाई जनशक्ति परिपुर्ति गरिनु प्राधिकरण हितमा हुने देखिन्छ । बरु पियनको संख्या बढाएमा प्राधिकरण उँभो लाग्ला कि

प्राधिकरण भित्र सहायक स्तरका कर्मचारीको संख्या न्यून छ । प्राधिकरणको कार्यप्रकृति अनुसार यस्ता कामकाजी तहमा कर्मचारी संख्या न्यून हुनु तर निर्णायक तहमा भीडभाड रहनु विडम्बना देखिएको छ । यस माथी अहिलेको व्यवस्थापन पक्षले अत्यावश्यक पदहरुमा पदपुर्ति छिटो छरितो गर्नुभन्दा आफ्नो हित अनुकुल उपल्लो तह मात्र पुर्ति गर्ने पक्षमा देखिन्छ ।

विगतमा विज्ञापन भैसकेका आन्तरिक प्रतियोगिता तथा खुल्ला प्रतिश्पर्धा बाट पदपुर्ति गरिने पदका लागि परिक्षा संचालन गरि पदपुर्ति तर्फ कार्वाही अगाडी बढाउनुको सट्टा उपल्लो तहका र खास गरि का।स।मु। तर्फका विज्ञापन हरु मात्र पुर्ति गर्ने चलनले थप विडम्बना जन्माएको छ ।

विगतको विडम्बना यस्तो छ ः
कुनै एक सेवा समूहका रिक्त पदहरु लाई प्रतिशत निर्धारण गरि आन्तरिक मुल्याँकनबाट आन्तरिक प्रतियोगितात्मक परिक्षा बाट र खुल्ला प्रतिश्पर्धा वाट पुर्ति गर्ने गरि संख्या निर्धारण भयो । आन्तरिक मुल्याकन प्रकि्रया वाट पुर्ति गरिने पदको तत्काल विज्ञापन गरि पुर्ति गरियो । बाँकी विज्ञापन नै गरिएन । तीन वर्ष पछि मात्र आन्तरिक प्रतियोगिता र खुल्लाको विज्ञापन भयो र थप एक वर्षपछिमात्र पदपुर्ति गरियो । आन्तरिक मुल्याँकन वाट बढुवा भएका हरुको तीन चार वर्ष पुगि सक्यो । तिनै का।स।मु। वाट वढुवा भएका लाई हुने गरि ँएक पटकको लािग” भन्दै पुन माथिल्लो पदमा का।स।मु। प्रकि्रया वाटै बढुवा गरियो । संगै प्रतिशत निर्धारण भई एक विधावाट जाने हरु दुई पटक बढुवा भए तर अर्को विधा वाट बढुवा हुनु पर्ने पद पुर्ति नै भएन ।

विगतको उक्त विडम्बनाको पुनरावृति भइरहेको छ । कर्मचारीको बृत्ति विकास संग सम्बन्धित यस्ता संवेदनशील विषयमा निश्पक्ष विश्लेषण हुनु पर्दछ ।

the postings in the name of lppaudyal@yahoo.com are definately mine in recent days. Earlier the blog was hacked and i had to introduce some screening measures some weeks back.

Dear Sir, pleased to know that you have formed a task force to look into the matter of Trainee pilots. Your Blog is a nice initiative which I feel should be for positive action and comments from the public and our foreign friends who wish good of Nepal. Most of the comments are from staff of various department and sections of MOCTCA on internal and official matters which I feel should be resolved in your departmental meetings and not make it a public show. Thank you, Dorji

Mr. Secretary
The comment seen in the name of lppaudyal@yahoo.com is the original comments from you ? or else again ...

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यस व्लगकमा अधिकाँश व्यहोराहरु नागरिक उड्डयन संग सम्बन्धित छन । विशेषतः नेपाल नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरणका गतिविधिहरुमा केन्द्रित टिप्पणी सुझावहरुले तपाईको यो व्लग भरिएको पाइन्छ । व्लगमा उल्लेख भई आएका व्यहोराहरुले उक्त संस्थाको हविगत दर्शाएको छ । सरकारी निकायको यस्तो दुर्दशाको कारण सरकारीे मेसिनरीमा खराबी आएकोले हो वा मेसिनरी गलत ढंगमा जोडिएकोले हो छलफल हुनु जरुरी देखिएको छ । यातायातको एक विधाका रुपमा नागरिक उड्डयनलाई लिइनु पर्नेमा संस्कृति पर्यटन क्षेत्र संग गाँसेर राखिएको छ । मन्त्री सचिव लगायत सम्बद्ध पदाधिकारीहरुको चयनमा संस्कृति पर्यटन का जानकार वा दखल भएका वा चासो भएका व्यक्तिहरु राख्ने गरेको दावी गर्ने गरिएको छ । यस्ता संस्कृतिविद वा पर्यटन विदले व्यवस्थापन गर्ने गरेको नागरिक उड्डयन क्षेत्रको अस्तव्यस्त अवस्था स्वभाविक नै हो ।

नागरिक उड्डयन क्षेत्रका विकृति नेपाली संस्कृति हो भन्ने सन्देश गइरहेको देखिन्छ । व्यस्त दैनिकी वाट राहत लिन केहि समय निकालेर घुम्ने मोज गर्ने स्वच्छन्द रुपमा ईच्छा रुची मुताविक विहार गर्नेहरु पर्यटक हुन । नेपालमा सरकारले नियुक्त गरेका पदाधिकारीहरु नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरणमा पर्यटकको रुपमा आउछन र तदनुरुप आचरण देखाई नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरणलाई विहार गर्ने थलोका रुपमा मात्र लिएकाले नै तपाईको व्लगले यति स्थान पाएको हो ।

पर्यटकको लागि यातायात सुविधा पहिलो आवश्यकता हो यसमा दुइ मत छैन । तर नागरिक उड्डयन क्षेत्रको समष्टिगत व्यवस्थापनको लागि नितान्त प्राविधिक दक्षताको आवश्यकता रहन्छ भन्ने व्यहोरा सरकारले नबुझेको अवश्य पनि होइन । चुस्त दुरुस्त हवाई यातायात सेवा भएमा पर्यटन क्षेत्र लाभान्वित हुन्छ नै । तर यस्तो चुस्त दुरुस्त नागरिक उड्डयन बनाउन पर्यटन विज्ञ भन्दा पनि यातायात क्षेत्रका विज्ञहरुको जिम्मा नागरिक उड्डयनको व्यवस्थापन दिएमा केहि सुधार हुन्थ्यो कि तसर्थ सरोकारवाला मन्त्रालय यसको सट्टा यातायात क्षेत्र संग जोडेर राखे कसो होला तपाईकै कार्यकालमा वहस शुरु गरौं ।

I have already asked CAAN to furnish the preparation for ICAO audit and implementation of the recommendations of accident invest reports.

md.sami what sort of help u need? can u contact welcomenepal.com with pro and specify the help you need

Dear Mr. Secretary,

Thank you for your partial reply in response to my posting regarding the unnecessary encroachment of authority of the Licensing and Examination Division of CAAN by the Aviation Safety Department Chief, almost certainly with the concurrence and connivance of the CAAN Director General.

However, your reply was incomplete and didn't talk about inquiry into this unfair and irrational encroachment. Or, you are trying to sideline this important issue under duress, I can't say?

I also want to inform you about the denial of formal Job Description authority to the Division Chiefs (10 the level) let alone the lower Staff in CAAN, which you must verify. Either this is being done deliberately with a malafide intention of abusing authority for personal gains as long as one manages to stick in the coveted positions or there is a complete absence of basic Administrative norms in the CAAN.

The CAN Act of 1996 clearly authorizes the MOCTCA to issue directives to the CAAN and pronounces that it is CAAN's duty to obey the directives. But from the past, as we have been seeing, all such Directives have been "dhoti-lagaoed" by the CAAN higher-ups.

If this is indeed the case, then you had better not entertain CAAN related issues and appear helpless.

Anyway thanks for trying. By the way, the email that you had forwarded to CAAN regarding the problems in safety oversight, lack of adequate qualifications of Aviation Medical Examiners and others, was laughingly dispatched to the dustbin by the Aviation Safety Villains, err BOSSES. And perhaps a grossly misleading comment sent back to you. I wonder what you did to it?

regards,
Aviation Safety Department Staff

Kishor jee thank for your interest to promote nepal. your request is forwarded to NTB, pro, pls contact welcomenepal.com. If you fail to get any response you can write me immediately

dear mr. paudiyal, i am sorry to say that my expectations to get some help from you while touring nepal is still unanswered. hope you would reply.

श्रीमान सचिव ज्यू हवाई यात्रुको अधिकार संरक्षण गर्ने गराउने निकाय नेपाल सरकारमा कुन हो कार्टेलिङ्ग विरुद्ध देशव्यापी आन्दोलन भइरहेको आजको घडिमा तपाईको मन्त्रालय मातहत संचालित त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलको चौघेरा भित्र आन्तरिक तथा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय आगमन क्षेत्रवाट यात्रुहरु गन्तव्य सम्म जान ट्याक्सी वाहेक अन्य सार्वजनिक सवारी साधन छैन । हरियो प्लेट भएका ट्याक्सीहरु को कार्टेलिङ्ग को जगजगी छ । नयाँ बानेश्वर सम्मको लागि साधारण समयमा नै रु ६०० तिर्नु पर्दछ । यस व्यहोरा लाई उजूरीको रुपमा लिई यस प्रकारको कार्टेलिङ्ग वा आलोपालो प्रथा लाई भोलीका मिति देखि अन्त्य गर्नु हुनेछ भन्ने आशा लिएका छौं । भाडा त अती नै भएन र भनी हरियो ट्याक्सी आलोपालो मिलाईरहेका महानुभाव लाई प्रश्न गर्दा वहाँको उत्तर थियो के गर्ने वाई सी एल लाई प्रति टिप तिर्नु पर्छ । मिटरवाल ट्याक्सी छिर्न नदिने र आएका जति लाई रोक्न नदिन सहयोग गरे वाफत प्रहरीलाई बुझाउनु पर्छ तेल व्ल्याकमा लिनु पर्छ अनि त पैशा त लिनै पर्यो नि । के साँच्चीकै वाई सी एल ले पनि मनपरि भाडादर असुल्न आलोपालो प्रथा चलाउन लगाएको हो वा वाई सी एल को नाम बेच्न पल्केका हरुले फाइदा उठाएको हो वा विमानस्थल व्यवस्थापनको जिम्मानै वाई सी एल ले पाएको हो पैशावाल कर्मचारी भ्रष्टाचार गरि कमाउने कालो धन्दाका व्यापारीहरु र तस्करहरु मात्र हवाई जहाज चढछन र चढन सक्छन त्यसैले तिनलाई जति लूटे पनि हुन्छ भन्ने मानसिकतामा विमानस्थलका यावत सेवा प्रदायकहरु रहेको पाइयो । विमानस्थल भित्रका सवै खाले सेवा प्रदायकहरुले अस्वभाविक रकम असुली रहेका छन । विमानस्थल भित्रका पसलहरु संचार सेवाहरुले यात्रुहरुवाट लिने मुल्य के जायज हो यसको अनुगमन कस्ले गर्ने हो हवाईजहाज चढनु विलासिता नभई वाध्यता भएका अधिकांश नेपाली निमुखा यात्रुहरुले विमानस्थलको प्रयोग गर्दछन र यात्रा गर्छन । प्रति यात्रामा यात्रु सेवा शुल्कका नाममा सरकार लाई सयौं रुपयाँ तिर्दछन । शुल्क तिरे पछि सेवा पाउनु सवै यात्रुहरुको हक हो । यस सेवा भित्र विमानस्थल भित्र पाउनु पर्ने यावत आधारभूत सेवा हरु समेटिनु पर्ने हो जस्तै सरल सार्वजनिक यातायात सेवा ट्रली टेलिफोन खानेपानी शौचालय प्रतिक्षालय आदि । तर उक्त शुल्क लिएर पनि सरकारी तवर वाटै लुटने सेवा चलाएको देखियो । विमानस्थलहरुमा यावत नाममा यात्रुहरु लूटिनु परिरहेको देख्दा देख्दै मूलतः जिम्मेवार सरकारी निकायहरु वाई सी एल लाई देखाउदै आफू उम्कने प्रयास गरिरहेको देख्दा अचम्म लाग्यो । अतः श्रीमान सचीव ज्यू ले यस लाई उजुरीका रुपमा लिई यस उपर ठोस कदम चाल्नु हुनेछ र एक यात्रुले आफु लुटिएको अनुभूती गर्नु पर्ने छैन । जवाफ समेतको आशा गरेका छौं । हवाई यात्रु अधिकार संरक्षणका लागि एक अभियान

Dear Sir We are going to organize Nepali Cultural Nite at Ås, Norway very soon. Could you please send us few posters and few documentary movies in the address: NEPSA, post bok 1264, 1432 ÅS. Norway. This is very urgent. Please please....

Dear Mr. Secretary,

This is reference to the whimsical Aircraft Accident Investigation functions being carried out by the MOCTCA under the aegis of the archaic rule of 1967 (B.S 2024) whenever an air crash occurs in Nepal. Interestingly your ministry's website doesn't list the Reports for the years 2007 and 2008 ?

Presuming that you are by now aware of the forthcoming ICAO's Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP), where Nepal shall be audited for compliance with the ICAO Annex 13 on Aircraft Accident Investigation also. In this context may we request you to instruct your relevant Division to get hold of a copy of the Audit Protocol (Doc 9735, latest version) that will give you an idea of questions that the ICAO Auditors will seek satisfactory answers to.

The ICAO will not buy your arguments about the constitution of the Investigation Commission- that the best and pioneering people have been chosen, where the credentials of investigators will also scrutinized. Nor will they buy your possible argument about the lack of initial, recurrent and refresher to the investigators, never mind their academic backgrounds.

Please remember that the duties of an ICAO Contracting State extend way beyond leading delegation to the tri-ennial General Assembly, annual DGCA COnferences, signing ASAs etc. It primarily deals with the timely capability to implement the provision of the ICAO Annexes! Hope you will also seek a report from CAAN about the state of preparations for the other Annexes also. Remember, if CAAN messes up, Nepal will pay the price, tourism promotion by NTB notwithstanding!!!

Hope you will post a reply on this matter as well,

Aircraft "Incident" Investigators from CAAN,

asd nepal CAAN is instructed not send safety officials outside for a long and frequent undermining the most urgent safety oversite activities at home. I think we will see some changes

asd nepal CAAN is instructed not send safety officials outside for a long and frequent undermining the most urgent safety oversite activities at home. I think we will see some changes

DT Sherpa I have constituted a taskforce to identify the problem of trainee pilots and also have asked the comments from DG CAAn on the matter based on your postings in my blog. Do you mean this as misuse?

Shreeman Sachivajyu,

Namaste,
I am a CAAN staff working under the the Human Resources Department and wish to voice my objection in the manner in which our Department's independence is compromised by the deliberate imposing of a "nomination committee" comprising of officials of different departments and Directorates. Just because their interests are involved (to ensure their regular foreign jaunts) why should we tolerate interference in our department?

I wonder how would the GM, TIA feel if a committee was imposed to handle his corporate affairs by-passing his financial authority? How would the Corporate Dy. DG, Finance department's Chief feel if another committee were foisted on them infringing upon their authority.

Hope you appreciate the criticality of the issue and instruct CAAN DG to dissolve such illegitimate committees, which will never accept blame for any mistake (as referred to in the ICAO CNS Mission Report, 2005, about lack of adequate training to Radio Engg. Section) they have been making. respectfully, CAAN, HRD Staff

Mr. Secretary, your sincere effort of gathering and sharing information on the MOCTCA policy and pertinent issues are being misused by inter-office wrangling. But some issues raised by the trainee pilots of Shivani Air and other important queries need your response. It is better if you can have two separate question and answer forums to make it more effective. Thank you, Dorji

Dear Sir,

This is to inform you that Binod Kr. Gautam, Chief of Aviation Safety Department of CAAN who has been unnecessarily and unfairly infringing upon the authority of Licensing and Examination Division (LED). The area of conducting examinations for aircraft maintenance technicians (AMTs) lies with the LED, where an engineer is already deputed and has performed functions in the past. Yet, Binod Kumar Gautam has been superseding the LE Division by getting himself nominated for conduct of examinations, the domain of the LED, completely circumventing the Division for sheer greed.

No where else in the world does the department chief vanish abroad for over a month like he did for the RA Boeing 757 last month. Of course, he manages to do so by bribing the Director General otherwise how else can he get the travel order signed ? The Director General also is making a fool of the CAAN Staff by pretending to scold the Department in public but is content collecting his commission from the handsome daily allowances regularly.
Please verify for yourself whether the LED's consent is taken before nominating the Department chief for performing duties belonging entirely to the LED's domain. regards, Aviation Safety Department Staff,

der mr paudiyal, i am deputy news editor in bihar's top newspaper hindustan. i am planning to travel to pokhra around 15th of august with my family. i request your help. regards, sami.

Dear Sir,

This is in reference to the proposed nomination of Mr. Mohan Adhikari, General Manager, TIA who has been recently nominated as the team leader for the Nepalese delegation for the Annual Asia Pacific Air Navigation Plan Implementation Regional Group, the APANPIRG starting next month at ICAO, Bangkok. Mr. Adhikari, who was also trained at Montreal on the ICAO's Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program, merrily sat on the files instead of providing momentum for the very highly important preparation for the ICAO Audit of Nepal for compliance with ICAO's standards for the past four years and now slyly moved to the attractive TIA GM's position to feather his nest for old age (never mind the mess at TIA, as its is not his business), caring little for the damage his deliberate delay has caused to Nepal's reputation in the international aviation sphere on account of a shameful audit report that is a surety now.

Further, in this case how can some who has barely five months left in service be allowed to represent at an international body where long term commitments have to be made and he will not be available to implement, like he did with the USOAP.

The most annoying part is that Mr. Adhikari is a member of the CAAN's Human Resource Department's foreign nomination committee and he abused his position as a member to shamelessly forward his name for a sheer shopping visit to Bangkok and nothing else, where he has been at least ten times in the last five years!!!

Likewise, his incompetence is visible from the fact that the Safety Management System (SMS) that he, as a ATS faculty chief of two years, was to apply in his own field back in 2003 as per ICAO Standards is nowhere close to starting, despite being pointed by two consecutive ICAO Missions to Nepal in 2005 and 2006. What more can we expect from such incompetent seniors, except to enjoy the last days at CAAN that has been thoroughly sullied by their incompetence and greed.

We therefore desperately urge you to ensure the cancellation of his nomination and allow a respectable representation of the CNS personnel of CAAN (not ATM, as there are five ATCs in a team of six), failing which we will be compelled to resort to further unwelcome means. Anticipating your action,

Sincerely yours, CNS Staff of CAAN

Dear Secretary Sir,

We are students aspiring to be pilots at Shivani Air, Nepal's first fixed wing flying school located at Bharatpur that is duly approved by CAAN. Though, we have been enrolled with the school for over two years now after depositing over 2.6 million rupees, we are yet to receive the flying licenses that we should have got within a year. This delay, we are told, is due to the non-cooperative and biased attitude of CAAN higher officials, who we are unable to pay like most airlines and receive handsome concessions.

We would like to ask the Government of Nepal, as to how Shivani Air received the Flying School Certificate from CAAN to conduct commercial pilot courses, if it did not meet the necessary applicable requirements in the very first place?

The Aviation Safety Department now is ridiculously asking our school as to where would we do our instrument landing (ILS) training? Surely, the CAAN knows very well that none of Nepal's airports have the ILS installed, then how does it expect us to obtain training on ILS? What we now would like to know is how the airline line pilots are getting their ILS ratings renewed in the same context? For, them the short visit to Bangkok simulator suffices as allowed by the Flight Operations requirements! A regulation that exiss nowhere else in the world. Then for us why this discrimination? Why can't we do the training on a simulator as we will never have to use ILS when we start our flying career ?

After all your blog shows that all airlines have enjoyed mind-blowing concessions in the past. Hope you would interfere and save our parents from this emotional trauma, where they end up paying Rs 20,000 as monthly interest on the hefty sum loaned from banks. Also please take action against CAAN personnel who appear to have failed in their duties while approving the flying school.

sincerely yours,
Students at Shivani Air

Dear Mr. Secretary,
I am an avid visitor to your blog and a frequent traveler through the TI Airport for the past few years. The pathetic state of passenger facilitation, most notably the state of baggage trolleys and it sheer insufficient numbers clearly indicates incompetence of the TIA management and CAAN management.
Since you have been frequently visiting foreign countries along with your subordinates in the name of air services agreements, tourism promotion etc, I hope you must be possessing a fairly good idea of what an international airport is like.
Agreed, the CAAN officials are a bunch of incompetent, greedy, corrupt hoodlums, what prevents the MOCTCA from providing the necessary number of trolleys to TIA as a grant or something, after all TIA is the gateway to Nepal and not to CAAN, isn't is??
If you can't even do so, I CAN CATEGORICALLY TELL YOU THAT YOU TOO ARE LIKE YOUR INEPT PREDECESSORS WHO ARE ONLY THERE TO ENJOY FOREIGN TRIPS AND THEN FADE AWAY SILENTLY, THIS " RADICAL" BLOG OR NOT!!!! REGARDS, B. GAUTAM, BHAINSE APATI