Biman, epitome of failed public sector

Biman, like many other public sector enterprises in Bangladesh, has forged an unholy nexus with the corrupt political machinery. It managed to acquire those obsolete planes. And once they can paint the national flag on the tails and fronts of those planes, they are above any accountability. They became the big time panhandler wearing fancy fatigues and broken planes, instead of broken pans and untidy clothes of street beggars.

When the airline is losing crores of people's money without providing an iota of service, its employees are ripping off the outrageous perks and benefits for themselves and their families. How many free trips are they offering to their family members? The New York routine is kept alive just for the pleasure trips for Biman's extended family members, so that they can meet and greet their relatives even though this route never earned a penny for Biman.

We are all concerned about the street crimes of Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh but when would we try to address these types of crimes of the bureaucracy?

By the way, many US airlines are offering pay cuts to their pilots and employees and they are obliging.

Thank heaven that these airlines do not have the advantage of pasting the national flag on their planes.