He stressed the need to immediately start capacity building training for employees, which was halted after the Gen-G movement in the country. He also suggested that the standards to be followed by employees in the aviation sector should be implemented.
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The Nepal Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has prepared a protest with the aim of creating pressure to resolve the problems seen in the country's aviation sector. Pointing out that it is their responsibility to improve the situation in the aviation sector, the association has stated that they will hold pressure programs.
Union Central President Murari Prasad Poudel, while talking to Kantipur on Wednesday, informed that after collecting opinions and suggestions from aviation-related employees across the country, they are going to hold a pressure program. ‘We tell you what we know and have learned for the improvement of the aviation sector,’ he said, ‘The pressure and suggestions we give will make it easier for the Civil Aviation Authority management to carry out improvement work.’
He said that suggestions from employees were collected nationwide before starting the pressure program. According to him, after the election of the fourteenth working committee of the union, discussions were organized at the Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu, the Civil Aviation Authority and other concerned offices immediately after Tihar to collect opinions for improvement. Poudel said that opinions and suggestions from employees were collected by visiting the Gautam Buddha International Airport office in Bhairahawa on Karthik 17, Nepalgunj on Karthik 19, Pokhara on Karthik 23 and Biratnagar Airport on Karthik 28.
Retired employees who worked in the aviation sector were also included in the opinion/suggestion collection program. ‘We have collected necessary suggestions for improvement by going around the country,’ he said. ‘We have not only included those affiliated with the union, but also other service groups, employee unions and stakeholders.’ In the process, the participants have expressed concern about the delays in flights.
He said that suggestions have been received to immediately improve the current delays. Many employees and stakeholders have raised questions about air safety. ‘Many have suggested that we should immediately address our shortcomings and create an environment where we can fly confidently in the sky,’ he said. ‘The fact that passengers reach their destinations safely instills confidence in the aviation sector.’
He emphasized that the capacity building training of employees, which was stopped after the Gen-G movement in the country, should be started immediately. He also suggested that the standards to be followed by employees affiliated with the aviation sector should be implemented. ‘Compulsory training for employees was also stopped,’ he said, ‘After stopping the training, foreign bodies keep questioning the aviation service.’
The association has said that attention has been drawn to the investment being made in the name of infrastructure that goes beyond the necessary area. The association has stated that the aviation sector itself is on the path of regression due to unnecessary investment. ‘In Bharatpur, Chitwan, large buildings have been built like mushrooms around the airport,’ Poudel said, ‘In Bhairahawa, when the airport is built too far south, it is not possible to turn the aircraft from the south.’
He said that there is a problem of crossing the Mechi River as soon as the aircraft takes off in Chandragadhi, Jhapa. ‘No one, policy makers, MPs, or the Prime Minister, speaks about such anomalies,’ he said, ‘The proposal that whoever brings it is right, has caused many problems.’
He said that the association has prepared for the agitation after the situation became unbearable. He said that foreigners have repeatedly raised questions due to the anomalies in Nepal’s aviation sector. He said that a pressure-based agitation will be launched from Kathmandu in a week. "We will discuss the suggestions received for reform with stakeholders in Kathmandu throughout the next week," he said. "We will issue a white paper next Friday incorporating the suggestions." He said that the movement would not create obstacles but would support the management and the government.
