VILIFYING PIA EMPLOYEES BY PAKISTANI MEDIA

               Khurram -Picture Courtesy of Dawn News




OVER the course of the PIA workers’ strike, many things have been said that need to be corrected. And the biggest misconception that needs to be corrected is that one that says the workers are the cause of the airline’s problems. They’re not.


The airline’s ratio of workers’ compensation to revenues has been constant, between 10-13pc since at least 2003. The ratio doesn’t change around 2008 and 2009, when reportedly the airline was stuffed with political appointees.


Employee costs are not the biggest problem at PIA and workers are being unfairly blamed, in the airline as well as across the public sector, as the root cause of the difficulties. No doubt there are rackets operating within the airline, and the union bosses have thrown their weight around in places where they had no business, but these practices by themselves would not sink the airline into the position that it is in currently.


Two separate people, in a position to know the company’s financial position have told me the same thing. One is Shabbar Zaidi, whose firm is one of the two auditors for PIA. According to him, “PIA’s problems are not the employee costs. The airline suffers from a lack of revenue.”


The other person preferred to speak without attribution, but since he has served as a CFO in the past, he knows the financials quite well. “Employee costs are not the big problem in PIA,” he confirmed, but added that a rigid and inflexible attitude by the unions to any adjustments, as well as the numerous rackets that the workers are involved in were a pain to deal with.


Another myth doing the rounds is that the airline has seen too many people inducted only on political grounds. As evidence, people point towards the induction of a large number of employees by the former PPP government during its early years, and the numbers given range from 4,000 to 9,000. If this is true, how come the total number of employees in the airline stays constant over this time, and only declines in the years subsequently?
Employee costs are not the biggest problem at PIA and workers are being unfairly blamed.


The truth is that 3,500 contract workers, who were already on the payroll of PIA, were regularised in the employment in that year. These were not fresh inductions, nor did they increase the burden of the payroll. But the regularisations were turned into a propaganda tool with which to beat up the PPP government, and has gone into the mythology that animates our politics as one of the core reasons why the airline is in the shape that it is in today.


So if the workers are not the problem, what is? Here’s one take.


PIA has suffered from the same central problem that the rest of the public sector has. Over the years the government became increasingly unable to mobilise the resources that were required to invest in the airline for fleet upgradation and modernisation. This inability to raise the investments required to keep the airline running is the core reason why revenues started plunging.


As revenues started to plunge, successive managements were left with no choice but to search for other ways to keep the airline functioning. One obvious way was to borrow. Another was to sell its assets. A third was to cut costs. As the revenues plunged more seriously, each of these strategies was invoked more and more furiously.


The inability of the government to mobilise investments on the scale required to operate a world class international airline had a crippling effect on the airline’s finances. It put the company on a high-cost path that involved renting newer planes instead. Once on a high-cost path, PIA managements had little option but to look to sell assets and cut costs. The assets that were sold first were routes and landing rights to other airlines without pressing for reciprocal rights. Eventually, it came down to having to sell hard assets, like the Roosevelt Hotel, but then politics kicked in.


It was when the cost-cutting axe began to fall on the workers that the present manifestation of the problem appeared. Management told its part of the story, saying the workers were becoming an unbearable burden. Anecdotes were shared about the way in which they behaved, and a narrative was built that cast the workers as the core of the problem.


The workers responded by banding together tightly, and electing the most combative amongst them to positions of union leadership, in a bid to stave off what they perceived as an unfair offloading of the costs on them. They mobilised anecdotes and narratives of their own, of management corruption in the sale of assets and rental of aircraft, of the exorbitant salaries that were being paid at the top while those at the bottom were lectured about the need to tighten their belts.


Political parties used this tension to their advantage, coming in on the workers’ side when they were in opposition, and abandoning them once they came into power. All through it, revenues continued plunging, and more and more aircraft had to be grounded. The size of the fleet shrank, giving rise to the most quoted and misleading number that has come out of this sordid tale: the employees to aircraft ratio.


This ratio, we are told, is the highest in PIA. That may be true. But it is high not because too many workers have been hired. It is high because the number of aircraft the airline is able to operate on current revenues has fallen. Therefore, in order to rectify this ratio, what is needed is to find a way to rebuild the fleet, not slash the payroll.


Workers are being vilified across the public sector, while their treatment in the private sector is abysmal. This is wrong at a very fundamental human level; it will not solve any of the problems plaguing the airline or any other public-sector company.


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Published in Dawn, February 11th, 2016

PIMPS OR MANAGERS RUNNING PIA ?

Introduction of Unions 

PIA , has many unions and these Belong to PML, PPP , MQM , Jamaat Islami and PTI and are Run by Agents of Politicians of Pakistan . The Political Agents of these Parties are selected from Among the Employees who are active Members of these Political Parties .

 Although All the employees when joining PIA give Declaration that they will not take Part in Any Political Activities and this Activity of being Political Unions in PIA can easily be challenged in the supreme court of Pakistan and a Ban can be Imposed on Political unions.

 Although Trade Union are  not Allowed by Pakistan , the Puzzling Aspect of Replacing Trade union with Political unions is Puzzling and very Strange Although the Trade union was banned by the Army Dictators Running Pakistan and it is still Banned even today .

Cause of Political Interference in PIA 

Most of Time the political union is doing Interference in PIA , Via their Direct Appointed Agents in Key Management Positions and most of this Positions are Picked up from Cabin Crew Political Associations from PML, PPP, and MQM.

They make Political  Leaders of these so called Political Parties as Manager in Positions of PIA , that are violations of PIA rules and those of Civil Aviation and it happens no Where in the world where the Political leaders of Political parties are Managers of Airlines and it is only in PIA that happens . This Lawlessness and Poor management is cause of Losses of Billions and should be Avoided at All costs.

These Posts are

1. Base Incharge of Cabin Crew ( Cabin Crew performs this duty on Adhoc basis )
2. Assistant Base In Charge ( Cabin Crew performs this duty on Adhoc basis )
3. Briefing officers ( Untrained Cabin Crew are employed here without any Course in Management and IT)
4. Political Councilors ( Cabin Crew who are always Absent from duty sit at home and take Salary)

One of key Posts that the Political Parties Vouch for is the , Base Manager Incharge Post in PIA , Under the GM Flight Service Department , this Post exists in Karachi , lahore , Islamabad and in Peshawar Airports .

The Positions are Filled by Untrained and Unqualified People who have No Management Degree and No training from PIA Training Center in Karachi , they are actually Crew Picked up from This Political parties are Actually Political Agents and not qualified People who have Zero Training and Management Skills .

Bribery of Political Agents in PIA Management Selling International Flights :

Their Jobs is to Sell the International Flights to Cabin Crew for 50 US dollars each , the cabin Crew who wants a Flights say for USA or UK has to Pay this Bribe to the Political Appointees Like Base Incharge and Assistant base Incharge at all the Main Airports of Pakistan in Management of PIA .

If the Crew who dont Pay bribes to these Managers they Harass the Poor Crew and make them Work them more then their Pre-requisite Duties and also dont allow them to Have rest which are Necessary for the health and Safety of Crew .

The Crew who Pay Bribes also , are allowed to Sit at Home and Receive the Salaries at home and they are not Marked Absent . According to Reliable Sources about 30-40% of PIA cabin Crew are sitting at home and receiving their Salaries at home .

The Political Agents of Political parties of PIA like the Base Incharge and his Assistants as well , these Designations dont exist and are actually Created by the Political Parties and are not approved Posts of PIA human Resources .

Financial bungling and Frauds 

The Main Purpose of these Political unions is cut the Salaries of Employees of PIA , in Crores of rupees , every month they Cut one Thousands Rupee form among more then 20,000 or so Employees of PIA , they then take this Money and use it for Political Purposes like Hiring van and Lorries for the Political Rallies of Political parties makes Banners and also Food expenses etc and these Funds are never used for the Welfare of the Employee never .

These Funds although Part of PIA Financial System are never Audited and never are shown in Annual Audit Reports of PIA .  This is actually a Back Door for Corruption of Magnitude of Million of Rupees and are cut from Each and every Employee although he has never asked his/ her Permission to Cut the Salary .

This Activity of Financial Fraud and Corruption is mainly the Reason the Political Parties vouch for the PIA and actually their Interest is only Money and not the Welfare of Employees .


Pimp Like Activities 

Most of time the , Political unions are Doing a very Un-Islamic Activities, the Base Incharges of Most of Airports of Pakistan under the PIA , and controlling the Cabin Crew fall under the General Manager Flight Service are nothing more then Brothel runners and Pimps , they are responsible for Providing Female Cabin Crew to the Political Leaders. For Example the PML Political leaders have many Keeps from Cabin Crew and they Provide them with official Government cars and money to run their houses of those cabin Crew who are actually Political  workers of the Political parties  and also doing Jobs of PIA as part time, and are More  then prostitutes who sell themselves for money to Political leaders and they are also Receiving Salaries from PIA , while they never Perform the Duties for which they are Appointed , they are never Marked Absent from duties as they Political Leaders then Employees.

Most of these Political Leader and Pimps of PIA , are also involved in Supply of Prostitutes and they force the innocent girls who Join PIA to be Prostitutes themselves . One of PML Leader from Rawalpindi has one Cabin Crew from PIA .

NO MONEY FOR 2ND HGHEST MONEY GENERATING AIRPORT IN PAKISTAN

Peshawar Airport is known as '''' Bacha Khan International Airport '''' , it is second highest revenue generating Airport in Pakistan after Karachi Airport , Incredibly its is second highest generating Aiport in spite of  Not being Allowed night flying after , Pakistan state own created Taliban Terrorists who are made in FATA ( Who,s people want to join Pakhtunkhwa as settled Areas are denied by the Punjabi establishment and their Paid Maliks and Mullahs and Military Alliances  ) .


According to Insider Information , obtained from Civil Aviation Personal , who have requested not to name themselves  about 370-400 Flights Operate per Week in just 7 days and mostly are International Flights like those Operating to Gulf States . This is amazing as '''''Bacha Khan International Airport ''''', is second Highest in revenue even surpassing from '''''''Islamabad Benezir International Airport '''' and they Newly made '''''' Liaqat Ali Khan International Airport '''''', o n which 1 Trillion of Rupees have been spent and yet it cannot come near the Peshawar Bacha Khan International Airport.

The Biased Punjabi Nationalist Leadership of Nawaz Sharif , also whisked away the funds that were allocated by General zia ul haq Under enterprising Governor , KPK generals Fazlehaq , to make Lahore '''''''Alama Iqbal International Airport ''''''''', which is now where near the Peshawar International Airport in Revenue Generation , speaking volumes about the Idiotic Policies of Pakistan state under the Punjabi Biased , Nationalistic Leaders that have the power as Punjabi Establishment both in pakistan Army , Bureaucracy and Political Parties like , PTI , PMLN and MMA etc .

If there is such a Load , and high Demand why the Foreign Airlines can cater to it and not the PIA and our National Flaq carriers who are everyday making schemes to divert any available place and passenger tload to Islamabad ????? what a Stupid Policy is that ?????  .Under our  current Punajbised Political Party of Muslim League , under PM Nawaaz Shair who Belongs to Amritsar Indian as he is from a Punjabi Sikh Back Ground and loves to hate anything belonging to Pashtuns and Pakhtunkhwa . He does not care about the Economy of Pakistan or Making the Aviation Sector and Pakistan Sacrifice to his Punjabis Bias and Stupidity .

his Appointed Managers are daily to making schemes to Allot even the Domestic Routes from Peshawar and Lucratives routes to middle East from Peshawar as Most of labours are from Peshawar , flying to Middle East like Saudia , Qatar , Bahrain , UAE , and Kuwait etc and this load is easily Diverted to Emirates , Qatar Airways , Air Arabia , and Flynas and Etihad and Other Middle Eastern Airlines for Free , without getting any Routes by Pakistan in Return .

In the Same way Vice versa , PIA is not Allowing any Aircraft Allotted to peshawar , it is now dishing most Routes to Non - Profitable places like Multan , Sialkot and even Lahore where the Load is very Low almost one tenth of that of Peshawar . Operating almost empty Aircrafts .

The Islamabad Airport Load is by force made to increase by forcing the Passenger load of Peshawar to go to islamabad to catch a flight on PIA . this is crazy and bad Policy of Pakistan and its Nationa Airlines

Most of Load are those belonging to FATA 7 Agencies and 6 FR Areas ( who,s Population are not counted at all in the Pakhtunkhwa Populations that is 15 % according to last Census of 1998 but actually may be 20-25%  of Pakistan Population in KPK only ) , the Population of FATA and Fr areas according to reliable sources is another 15 % of Pakistan but it is never ever have been counted since 1947.

The Peshawar PIA staff confided in me , that they have sent in feedback and it is not listened in Head office in Karachi PIAC , because of its Punjabi biased and Stupid Managers who are there because not of Merit but because of Quota as Punjab receives 70 % Quota .  

All this is happening because of Biased and Corruption of Punjabis Management of CAA and PIA and our country unfortunately run by Incompetent  idiots who have no common sense or business sense .

No media or Politicians have taken care of this serious issue about Peshawar Airport , the Second highest generating Airport that is still having the same infrastructure that British left in 1927 , Pakistan state since 1947 , have not spent anything on this Airport and it Bagage Line is so old that it is Antique of British Time and it has no space .

Then is issue of harassment by Pakistan Army and Airforce personnel and they have Literally shot Dead Ladies Passengers who are coming to catch the Flights , passing 4 check posts and it needs a New Exit and Entry from other side not from inside of cantonment .

The lack of Interest and Apathy can only be explained on one thing that Pakistan Treats the Pashtuns worse then Indians and as Enemies , that they are prepared to Sacrifice revenue and great Business even other wise Common sense and Business sense cannot explain this stupidity .

source : http://alijakhan.blogspot.com/2016/10/second-highest-revenue-generating-in.html

CAA NOT INVESTING IN PESAWAR AIRPORT WHERE HIGH VOLUME OF OF PASSENGERS EXISTS

It is so Strange that in World successful Businesses make Arrangement that where there are customers they put their services and PIA and Civil Aviations is those Departments and Organization of Pakistan Government who will put their services where there is no Businesses  , result is Obvious that they are loosing the Money and are not Making Money .

lets Analyze where are we getting the Passengers , and where is the Load and who are travel ors who make an Airline Profitable . Some of the Facts of profits as are as follows

1.  International travelers are more profitable as compared to domestic Routes .

2.  Not Allowing Foreign Airlines Places in Domestic Market and controlling the Air space so that Local Airlines get the Most Profit and Especially the PIA should be Given Priority in Air Space Allocation and Allocation of Routes .

3. Control of Air Cargo Domestic and International Air Cargo Business and Maintaining Monopoly on these Sectors as Air cargo is very Profitable

4. Selection of  Airports where there is Load Like Peshawar where there is a lot of load of People going to Middle East as Labor and from Karachi where there is a lot of International Passengers .

5. Selecting Aircrafts that are Fuel Efficient on Domestic Routes and International as fuel Bill is 50% of Total Airline budget.

6. Decreasing Top Heavy Management and Decreasing GM and Directors of PIA and CAA as Emirates with 500 Aircrafts has only 3 Directors while PIA with 50 Aircraft has 15 to 20 Directors , almost three times the Average and Each Director Take home Salary is equal to about 500 Employees of PIA .

7. Retirement Age of PIA employee should be Decreased to 60 and those on Extension should be sent home Immediately home and those Contractual Employees and daily Wages should be laid off and Smart management Practices employees and paper based jobs should be stopped and only Computer Based Email systems be used . Even the Employee pay Role is not more then 15% of PIA expenses so Extra employees are not burden it is actually the Directors and Manager who are Burden who are Sons of Politicians and Army generals who are making money for doing Nothing in PIA .

8 . No Penalty on refund of Tickets by PIA even when they are canceled just a Few minutes before the Actual Booked Flight while the Middle Eastern Airlines and Local Private Airlines like Air Blue and Shahheen Airline  Deduct , 50%-75%  of Money for no Show and cancellation of Seat within 24 Hours of the Flight , PIA is the Unique Airline you don't loose your money if you cancel your Flight within 24 Hours of the Flight and this facility is extended to the Travel Agents who are Blocking the Seats even when the Whole Aircraft is going empty .


DENYING  MONEY TO MARKETS WHERE THERE IS PASSENGER LOAD : 

Analyzing the Above Mentioned Points , it will be Evident the PIA is operating No flight for the Labor community who are found in FATA and Pakhtunkhwa and forcing them to come to Islamabad spending 5000 to 10,000  Rupees extra just to catch a PIA flight to Middle East .

While the Same Flight is Available in Peshawar due to Open Skies Policy of  Middle Eastern Airlines Emirates and Qatar Airways on cheaper Price , and Direct from  Peshawar to Middle East . So why would a man from FATA and Pakhtunkhwa working as Labourer , who is Stupid Enough to go on PIA which is offering expensive ticket and with No connection from Peshawar to Islamabad as there are no Daily flights from Peshawar to Islamabad

That Poor Man  is expected by the Stupid Directors and Managers is Expected to go on Local transport via Road to Islamabad and hang around uncomfortably on the Airport for say 5 to 10 Hours and the Board a PIA flight from Islamabad a City of only 1 Million People and where only 3 Lakhs are elites and rest of 70% are Poor and cant Travel and from Punjabi  not many Laborer work in Middle East . This is evident from Less Middle Eastern Airline Flights from Islamabad then from Peshawar which has more then  15 Daily Flights from Peshawar and only one or two from Islamabad .

This Kind of Stupidity only PIA and CAA can do and deny the PIA flight to Actual potential customer in Peshawar as Middle East Labour can be done by Stupid Most Directors of PIA and those who are Real Enemies of Pakistan and PIA and are Punjabi Chauvinists and Idiots to core. they are Damaging Pakistan and PIA as a result for their Racism and Stupidity .


PUNJABI RACISTS RUNNING CIVIL AVIATION AND PIA 

Most of Directors and Manager of PIA as Punjabi's because of some Idiotic Quota System that does not recognize Merit and Intellectual Ability and people who should be put in disabled Institution are put in PIA as Managers and Directors as they are sons of Punjabi Generals and Punjabi Bureaucrats and others have come on Punjab benefiting Quota System .

Currently a Corrupt Business Man who is seller of Bags and Leather Wallets and runs a company and Known as """Jafer jee Leather goods """ is made Chairman of PIA and has no Knowledge of PIA and his only Qualification is Ass Kissing the Punjabi Generals and Politicians and Has been Involved in corruption Scandals before as he made Money in Nadra Data base subsidiary company and he made False data of CNIC of Government of Pakistan ID  cards and sold the Information to Enemies of the State , but still no Investigation has been carried out under Dictator Generals Musharaff .

Currently he is Ass kissing the Punjabi PM from land of Sikhs Amritsar ""Jati umra """now residing in Raiwind Lahore and PM of Pakistan who is Appointed the Seller of Leather Goods as Chairman PIA and he think he should make some Leather / Skin of Employee of PIA .  His solution to Everything is not common sense but Making Leather of Skins of Employees who work day and Night as Servants of the state of Pakistan and earn hard Earned Money for thier children and families .

His isolation to common sense is Idiocy and Stupidity and he has not made sure that PIA is made a Money saving or smart and Efficient Airline , rather they want to Bankrupt the Airline so that his Punjab Racist PM can buy it from Pakistan on 1/10 of its Actual value .

Day and Night chairman PIA and Advisor CAA Shujat Azeem an  Air force Drop out make schemes to do that.

They are Placing Aircraft at Places where there is no Load , Foe example Sialkot is right next to Lahore and they are Putting Aircrafts there as Sialkot is Home to Qadianis who are found in Management of PIA in Abundance and they want to help thier Brothers there and also are getting Bribes from Operators of Sialkot Airport which is a Private airport for Diverting the Aircrafts there .

Faisalabad and Multan and DG khan are smaller cities as compared to Peshawar as Peshawar has whole FATA attached where 15% of Pakistan Lives and far large Load of Passenger lies as compared to Multan , Faisalabad and Sialkot exists but Who will tell that to Stupid Punjabi Directors .

Previously the Condemned and Old Boeing 747 were Parked there instead of Karachi where its Hangers exists to make Money by these Same Director of PIA , and money was made in Partnership with Qadiani Operators of Sialkot private Airport as No common sense and Reason existed in making an Airport right next to Lahore Airport with an Ear Shot.

RUNNING NON FUEL EFFICIENT PLANES  

While Pia is running Gas Guzzling and Non Fuel Efficient Planes on Short Domestic Routes ,while it should run Planes that are more are smaller in size and not big Ones like Airbus A310 and Boeing 777 which are wide bodied Aircraft and have Heavy bodies and spend double the amount of Fuel as compare to A320 Airbus which are light weight and have Technologies that Allow Less Fuel consumption .

The Airbus A320 and also ATR 700 and 400 which are Aircraft that are very Fuel efficient and spend half the Fuel of A310 and Boeing 777 are not Used on Domestic and very Short haul Route like from Lahore to Islamabad or even from Karachi to Islamabad .

Using the wrong type of Aircraft causes the Extra Wear and Tear of Wide Bodied Aircrafts and Make them Old Qicker and thier Airframe Damaged .

NO PENALTY FOR CANCELLATION OF SEATS GIVING LOSS TO PIA : 

The Mangers of PIA are stupid and idiots that are Implementing Rules for the travel Agents that are making PIA in loss while cancellation of Ticket within 24 Hours of Departure of PIA is not Penalized and the Person and Travel Agents who use this Flawed rule to Block the Seats and Hence no Seat Available Option is shown to People who really Want to travel .

if by any chance after Bribing the Travel Agents one is able to buy the PIA ticket one finds half the Aircraft empty and this is great Mystery to Many genuine Travelers  of PIA .

The reason is simple in the Sabre system of PIA the Punjabi Idiots as Director and Manager has made Rules that , if you cancle the Ticket even an hour before the Departure time you get full refund .

The travel Agents Blocks the seats even upto the Last One Hour of the departure and release them if they cant find the Passengers . But the PIA suffers as Seats goes empty making Huge Losses to PIA .

They Stupid Punjabi PIA Directors if they change this policy and Allow the Blocking of Seat for only 3 Hours only and Automatically canceling the Block and if Passenger buys the seat in full even then his Name should be retained on Passenger List , other wise penalties should be Imposed on cancellation of Seats  like 50% or 75% on cancellation with 48 Hour and 24 Hours of Departure of flight .


NO CONNECTING FLIGHTS FROM PESHAWAR TO ISLAMABAD OR KARACHI FORM INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER : 

Those who are running affairs of PIA don't under Stand the Passenger are the Boss and have to be given due comfort of Good connecting flight from Peshawar to International Route or Give a connecting fligth from Peshawar to Islamabad or Karachi to catch the flight to Middle East or other International Destination .

It is Shocking that , there are no connecting Flights from Peshawar to Islamabad or Karachi although Peshawar is the Only International Airport of the whole Province of Pakhtunkhwa  and similar case Exists in Quetta the only Airport in Baluchistan Province.  


As a result confirmed Passenger who would Love to Travel via PIA are left at mercy of Middle Easter Airlines who take them Directly from Peshawar or Quetta to Middle East .

It is Akin to handing your Money free to Middle Eastern Airlines like Emirates , Gulf Airline , Qatar Airways and Also Air Arabia and Eitahad Airlines which were Nothing in comparison to PIA .

Stupid Punjabi Bureaucrats and PIA Managers and Directors are Selling their Mother land to Middle Eastern for Free .

FATA TRIBALS HAVE NO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 

While the bulk of PIA Profit is from tribal Labour bound to to Middle East  and Also from Haj Operation from FATA and Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan there is not a single Airport in FATA from where fligths can be Operated by PIA . For next 50 Years PIA and Punjabi Racists manager have Planned that such Facility should never be Provided to them , which is an Undeniable fact .

they will have to Depend on Islamabad and Peshawar for next 50 Years , and False Statistics are generated at Islamabad Airport which has very less Load but all the load of Peshawar and FATA are shown as Load at Islamabad and I trillion Rupees were spent to make the New Islamabad Airport while it is not Functional as there is not Enough Water in Islamabad to run it as it lies on a Platue a raised Mountainous Area with Flat Area on top on which Islamabad and Rawalpindi  Exists and water has to be brought from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Islamabad and Rawalpindi from Dams in Khanpur and Turbella Ghazi Barotha Projects.

The Racism and Narrow Mindness of Punjabi's  exists in our Managers and it has ruined failed Islamabad Airport as A failed Project and with corruption worth multi billions and Bad Planning and not catering to Business and Market Dynamics

PIA AN EMPLOYMENT BUREU FOR INCOMPETANTS FROM ABOVE ?

Punjabi Idiots in form of Wallet and Bag Sellers who were Involved in Corruption scams of Nadra contractors and also a Disgraced and Kicked Out officer of Pakistan Airfoce who is not having Proper Education and also was Involved in murder of Lebanon PM Rafique Hariaris as Agent of CIA and having Links with Pakistan Enemies are Ruining PIA systematically .

They are not the "" One Thing that is Required and is matter of Common Sense"" which is Talk and Talk to Pilots who are National Asset and are difficult to find and instead Worthless and with common sense Punjabi Idiots are making Decisions that is Ruining PIA and causing Loss to Pakistan and Benefiting their coffers with Money Going to Private Airlines . These Enemies of State of Pakistan  should be Removed on Immediate basis rather Kicked out .

This Wallets and Bag Seller ""Seth of Jaffer brothers"""  and a Dirty corrupt Business Man  wants to Bankrupt PIA so that they can Loot and Plunder PIA and Make it their Property and has no Education and No Knowledge of Air line and is only capable of Milking cows and making thier skin into Boots and Chamcha Giris of Militry Dictators and Fascist's is his only Qualification apart from being a Corrupt thief .

Similarly the CAA run by Unqualified and Stupid Idiots is poking its noose into Matters of PIA that can harm them and also because of that Enemy of the State Drummed out and Disgraced Air force Dreop and CIA agents mr Shujat Azeem , is out  playing behind the scenes

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Even as the Pakistan Navy and other private airlines came to the rescue of the national flag carrier, at least 21 PIA pilots and co-pilots reported ‘sick’ on Tuesday, a move that is bound to take a toll on the airline’s already-taxed flight operations.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, PIA Chairman Naseer N.S. Jaffer said that though details of the ongoing negotiations between the Pakistan Airline Pilots Association and the Aviation Division could not be discussed publicly, the “unacceptable demands” of pilots would not be accepted.

He said that if the pilots stuck to their guns, the issue would continue to linger, adding that there had to be some give-and-take. “Senior airline officials cannot be replaced on the pilots’ demand,” he added.

Referring to the negotiations as ‘Plan A’, Mr Jaffer said that the airline also had a ‘Plan B’, whereby it had sought assistance from the Navy, which had provided two ATR planes and pilots. Other private airlines had also chipped in, agreeing to provide pilots for the Airbus A-320.

He said Palpa representatives had ignored the Aviation Division’s first call for a meeting, and that when they did show up on Sunday, the government preferred to meet them first. Even though he has not yet met Palpa President Amir Hashmi to discuss the issue, the PIA chief said that the airline was prepared to hammer out an agreement with the pilots “as we have been directed by the prime minister to solve this issue”.

On Tuesday, the Civil Aviation Authority constituted a medical board to examine the 21 pilots and co-pilots who reported ‘sick’.

According to a press release issued by PIA, the CAA medical board will examine the pilots’ medical and psychological condition to ascertain their professional viability.

Most travellers are now avoiding PIA flights. On Tuesday, at least two PIA flights from Benazir Bhutto International Airport were cancelled on the sixth day of the pilots’ strike.

However, flight inquiry remained flooded with phone calls, asking whether PIA flights were operating or not.

PIA spokesman Aamir Memon told Dawn that one domestic flight from Islamabad was cancelled because of “poor passenger load”, while a Karachi-Gwadar-Muscat flight was cancelled due to “crew constraints”.

Farooq Ahmed, a passenger on a Karachi-bound PIA flight, told Dawn that he expected the plane would leave on time. But on the other side of the lounge, Mohammad Fazal, clutching a private airline ticket, said: “We already know that PIA pilots have refused to fly. That is why I’m flying on a private airline, even though the ticket costs more,” he said.

Meanwhile, Palpa has decided to complain to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) over the role of CAA in support of the Aviation Division and PIA.

Palpa general secretary Sohail Ahmed said: “We have decided to contact ICAO against the CAA for facilitating unjust actions to victimise pilots who reported sick in legal framework of ICAO’s Air Navigation Order (ANO), Personnel Policies Manual (PPM), Operations Manual (OM) and PIA-Palpa working agreement.”

He said the certificate issuing authority should first consult the aviation rules and regulations as if the same were reported to the ICAO the CAA would become a laughing stock and the international organisation might decide to downgrade the CAA in its upcoming review.

Mr Ahmed said that aviation authorities globally promoted a culture where the pilots were the best judges of themselves to determine if they could fly a plane full of passengers or would become a safety risk themselves. Nowhere in the world the pilots were a subject of media trial over their basic duty as calling in sick was not a privilege but a duty in the world of aviation, he added.

He said the Air Navigation Order’s Clause No 7.2 clearly states: “Crewmembers shall not act as operating crew if they know, or suspect, that their physical or mental condition renders them unfit to operate. Furthermore, they must not fly if they know that they are, or likely to be, in breach of this ANO. Crewmembers also have the responsibility to make optimum use of the opportunities and facilities for rest provided and for planning and using their rest periods properly in order to minimise incurring fatigue.”

Published in Dawn, October 7th, 2015 : http://www.dawn.com/news/1211361/navy-private-airlines-come-to-pias-rescue

CHINESE EMBASSY BLACKMAILING PIA STAFF

PAK CHINA FRIENDSHIP OR SLAVERY  

Chinese Visa,s Blocked Since Dec 2014 of PIA Staff :

The PIA staff Applying for Chinese Visa and having a Valid PIA Ticket which is issued just once a Year A Single ticket for foreign Visit to staff and their families,  as reward for their hard Work and as a Policy ,

As PIA Operates a Flight from Islamabad to Beijing , most of crew and thier Families apply for China Visa and as they have Love of China and their Brotherly people of china.

With China We have emotional and Brotherly Love for Chinese People and its Country , China is a country with which we Enjoy special relationship.

PIA staff  were Extremely Shocked to learn that Chinese Embassy is Denying the Visa,s to PIA Staff as Reason of Personal vendetta and in Retaliation of PIA Staff not Allowing Un- Lawful Wishes of Chinese Embassy Staff

Chinese Embassy in Islamabad has Blocked all the Visa to Staff of PIA since December 2014 and the Reason Given to Anybody Asking is that , there is an issue of Non Cooperation.

While having an Official Government letter from PIAC and having all the Legal Stamps and Credentials and was issued a from Islamabad Office as everybody officially ??

No Explanation is Actually Provided!!! , Even the Official Internet Website of Chinese Embassy in Pakistan http://pk.chineseembassy.org/eng/ have no Such Information of Annulment of such an Agreement with PIA the Official Pakistan Government owned Airline , that makes one Wonder and a bit Suspicious ????

CHINESE VISA BLOCKED FOR PIA STAFF SINCE DEC 2014  

The Actual Reason of Chinese Embassy Blocking Visa of PIA Staff


Embassy Officials also could not supply a copy of any letter Providing any Evidence at All of any such Annulment of Agreement between china Government and its Embassy versus PIA ( Pakistan International Airline ). Such letter also is not found in PIA Head office in Islamabad and Karachi and other concerned Departments as well.

Neither have they Received any letter so Far ,Deepening the Mystery more and More

On Further Investigation It was  found out that , Actually In December 2014 , Chinese Embassy Official by Name of Mr. Guam , was Unhappy with that PIA as he could not send his Friends Goods for free on PIA Flight to Beijing .

As previously PIA staff on their own would Oblige Chinese Embassy official because of Emotional and Brotherly Relationships with Chinese even when the Rules state other wise, it was Love of China and Chinese that they would allow mostly as gratis Courtesy of Crew Members of PIA and not Official policy of PIA as you Understood.

Since on that,December 2014 Day the Goods Mr. Guam staff of Chinese Embassy wanted to take Via PIA Flight to Beijing for his Chinese friend Some Things which did not Belong to Chinese Embassy Staff but their Personal Friends .

The Good in Question were too much Heavy in Load and Conspicuously too Big.

Such Good were not Possible to get Past the customs and also Pakistan Defense Forces Vigilance/ Intelligence Teams ,it may be Noted PIA has no Relationship with Customs and the Pak Defense Vigilance Teams who spot check such Items .

According to rules it could not be done and it was not official goods of Embassy or its Staff PIA cant do that Legally. Mr. Guam of Embassy Wanted something that was not Possible Legally.

Mr. Guam was not happy with this and took his Personal Vendetta on all Staff of PIA and their Families who are being Denied Visas since last 6 Months as they say, “”” No Cooperation with PIA staff “””””” , this is happening since Dec 2014 . 

Personal Kingdom of Chinese Embassy in Islamabad and Illegal Activities: 

One may Wonder and may Ask Himself is this Policy of Government of China or Some Chinese Embassy officer who was Offended as PIA started to implement its rules and Regulations as Per Law of Land .

It May be Observed from this Chinese Government Officers are running Chinese Embassy as their Personal Kingdom and it is not following Government of China Polices to make on such official matters. 

Hence Embassy staff is doing Illegal Activities on Behalf of china Government, while the Chinese Government is not in Picture.

They are Pursuing Policies that are not stated on Web Site of Embassy or Any Policy document as issued from Foreign Ministry of China . 

Important Point to Consider 

1. How can Embassy Staff behave in this way to take Personal revenge and vendetta for PIAC following its Rules and Regulations ?? 

2. For Last 6 months or Half a Year not a single Visa has been Issued to PIA staff . 

3. How can All the Staff of PIA be Punished when the Actual Problem with Pakistan Army and Vigilance teams on Airports that have Maintained Strict Maintenance of Law and Order and does not allow any violations of Rules .

4. Are Pakistani Slaves of China that we would be Treated like this by Government Officials of China and punished for No crime of theirs ? 

5. The Private “””Al-Barakat security Guards”””” at Chinese Embassy are not militarily trained and does not belong to Reputable Security Firm, Most of Security guards cant Even Fire a Gun, as I observed please change that as it is Dangerous for Chinese Embassy and its Safety is compromised , and a Wrong choice has been made. 

6.  No Water cooler is supplied at Outside of Embassy where at 45-49  Degree Centigrade Hot Sun people are required to Stand for 30-60 minutes. 

7. The private Un Trained, Illiterate ( 10th Grade ) Rude Security guards conduct Pre- Interviews of Visa Applicants ,then take your Document inside While they make you Stand in hot 45 Degree Centigrade Sun for 30 to 60 Minutes ,which is not a correct way as it will lead to Bribery, Such Hot temperatures that can Kill some body with Heat Stroke. 

PIA Higher Management is sleeping as usual 

Even after 6 Months Passed the PIA higher Management is Sleeping , 1. It has criminally sat on this issued and not a Single Letter has  been issued to Chinese Embassy so far , it has failed to up held the Law and also Work for the Interests of Staff of PIA

1. it has not contacted the Chinese Embassy to Resolve the issue

2. it has failed to Look after the Crew and their families Interest and in this Summer nobody will be able to utilize the Visa for China as number of Places to visit is becoming less and Less .

Conclusion 

1. All Pakistan and Especially PIA staff from now on should consider themselves as Slaves of China Embassy Staff as it is their Personal wish to grant Visa or not even if it conflicts with Policies of government of China .

Only God can now Act and Save the PIA staff from this Humiliation and Insult that is Entrusted upon them by the Chinese Embassy and its foreign office and the PIA Administration as Both are corrupt and cruel in Handling of PIA Staff and its families . 

HACKED AIRPLANES

Boeing 737-800 Image from WikiPedia 

A computer security expert, who was recently detained and questioned by the FBI over his hack-a-plane joke on Twitter, had earlier revealed to the agency that he accessed aircraft control systems on up to 20 occasions, according to a search warrant.

The founder of One World Labs, Chris Roberts, was detained for questioning and had his hardware confiscated in April by federal agents after exiting a United flight from Chicago to Syracuse, New York following his tweet suggesting he might attempt to hack into a flight’s entertainment system.

The FBI addressed the tweet urgently and with great seriousness because previous encounters with Roberts revealed that he was capable of such activity. In a search warrant application, obtained by APTN National News, Roberts previously claimed to have told agents that during his research he used his skills and equipment to gain access to an in-flight aircraft entertainment console, or the IFE, on as many as 20 occasions.

“During these conversations, Mr. Roberts stated ... that he had exploited vulnerabilities with IFE systems on aircraft while in flight. He compromised the IFE systems approximately 15 to 20 times during the time period 2011 through 2014. He last exploited an IFE system during the middle of 2014,” FBI Special Agent Mark Hurley wrote in his application.

During at least one of these “test” flights, Roberts “stated that he then overwrote code on the airplane's Thrust Management Computer while aboard a flight,” the document claims. “He stated that he successfully commanded the system he had accessed to issue the CLB or climb command. He stated that he thereby caused one of the airplane engines to climb resulting in a lateral or sideways movement of the plane.”

The court document does not mention during which particular flights the interference with the aircraft controls took place.

Aircraft can Be Hacked and Flown 

FBI warns airlines to lookout for in-flight hackers



According to the affidavit, Hurley met with Roberts in February and March to discuss IFE security vulnerabilities with regards to the Boeing 737 and 757, and Airbus A320 aircraft. It was during these interview sessions that Roberts revealed that his hacking into IFE that was produced by Panasonic and Thales.

When Roberts revealed his hacking abilities, Hurley writes that he had warned the programmer that accessing plane’s in-flight systems without authorization is a federal crime. Roberts, at the time said he understands and promised not to engage in such activity.

But after his April 15 tweet, the FBI apparently alleged the security expert could attempt to repeat success, and did go on to detain and question the man. The agents and technicians who inspected the aircraft which he flew to Chicago, before connecting to New York, allegedly found tampering on two electronic boxes next to Roberts’s seat. According to affidavit, one of the electronic boxes had been damaged.

“Technical specialists with the FBI believed that he may have just [hacked the plane’s system] again, or attempted to do so using the equipment then in his possession,” it said.

When the agents confiscated Roberts’ equipment in Syracuse – including a MacBook, an iPad, three hard drives and numerous removable USB flash drives – he denied hacking into any systems during the flight from Denver to Chicago.

“We believed that Roberts had the ability and the willingness to use the equipment ... to access or attempt to access the IFE and possibly the flight control systems ... and that it would endanger public safety to allow him to leave the Syracuse airport that evening with the equipment,” Hurley's report states.

Roberts meanwhile told the Wired that the FBI has taken his remarks about hacking out of context of their comprehensive discussions with the agency.

“There is context that is obviously missing which obviously I can't say anything about,” he told the publication. “It would appear from what I've seen that the federal guys took one paragraph out of a lot of discussions and a lot of meetings and notes and just chose that one as opposed to plenty of others.”


source: http://rt.com/usa/259329-fbi-plane-systems-hacking/

Security expert allegedly told FBI he hacked & steered airliner mid-flight
Published time: May 17, 2015 02:14