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PIA: on a wing and a prayer
RAWALPINDI: In an effort to seek divine intervention to keep a flight safe and secure, staff of the Pakistan International Airlines sacrificed a black goat for ‘sadqa’ near an ATR-42 aircraft after it was given clearance for take-off from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Sunday.
Later the plane left for Multan, making it the first ATR-42 aircraft to be pressed into service since the start of shakedown tests on all such aircraft in the wake of an air crash near Havelian on Dec 7.
According to a spokesman for the national flag carrier, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had decided to ground the ATR-42 fleet until all its aircraft had been subjected to the shakedown tests and cleared for flight operations.
The grounding of the ATR fleet had badly affected the PIA’s flights to and from cities and towns like Gwadar, Turbat, Panjgur, Moenjodaro, Zhob, Bahawalpur, D.G. Khan, Chitral and Gilgit.
The people wishing to board flights in these cities and towns had been advised to check status of their flights from the PIA Call Centre, at 111-786-786, before leaving for the airports.
The process for carrying out the shakedown tests of the ATR aircraft is still continuing, according to a source.
The CAA staff and personnel of the PIA’s quality control department are taking part in the process under which each of the aircraft will be examined thoroughly.
According to the PIA spokesman, an aircraft will remain grounded until it is examined properly.
He said that after it was cleared for take-off, an ATR-42 aircraft (PK-681) left Islamabad for Multan at 6.40pm and returned to the capital on its scheduled time of 9.45pm.
Also on Sunday, the airline operated four flights of C-130 aircraft, obtained from the Pakistan Air Force, for Gilgit and Chitral from the Benazir Bhutto International airport.
Published in Dawn December 19th, 2016
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Are you kidding me?? Even after that accident recently?
Rest in peace science!
Zardari and Nawaz accomplishments.
A new low even for the hacks at PIA.
Mind boggling stuff we people in Pakistan do makes us look stupid in the world. Instead of correcting the maintenance issues on ATR aircrafts they slaughtered a black goat.
PIA should stop killing goats and focus on maintenance and repairs of their planes.
laughable stock. perform duties diligently and honestly following the standard operating procedure. You guys are consuming Rs 2b a month of taxpayers money.
That's literally a good hack to keep the airplanes in the sky.
If such illiterate and foolish people are responsible for PIA operation - life of passengers are always in danger. Instead of improving the quality of maintenance and corruptions within PIA they are enjoying mutton biriyani? Shame!
PIA staff need to spend more time and attention in properly maintaining the planes before seeking "divine intervention to keep a flight safe".
Sophisticated technology, efficient maintenance only can save the airlines, not the poor goat. Will PIA kill a goat for each ATR take off? PIA becoming a laughing stock..
They should have sacrificed black sheep instead of goat.
PIA is full of black goats. They should sacrifice about 10,000 of them first!
The poor goat had to die so PIA can feel better about itself. May one suggest investing in newer planes instead?
When there is no light of knowledge and expertise - deep superstitions are only hope for passengers safety.
Poor animal pays for maintenance folly.
A Black Goat, Hmm. They sacrificed one of them?
PIA needs to come out of illusions and goat sacrifices. Need to take care of its planes and its customers and arrive in the 21st century.
Leave everything on god.
In which century PIA is living? 800 A.D era? Saving corrupts and killing goats?
snuffing out a life, to save lives.
What an utter nonsense.God save us.what was the fault of poor goat.
This is too funny. Thanks Dawn for a good laugh.
@Nadeem smart
Who are the meat? My tax money, ah. Please privatize but at good price.
@J Ahsan science guy! There is nothing in such holy sacrificing things contrary to your science. If they sacrificed a goat that doesn't mean they can skip their maintenance and monitoring duties.
'Sacrifice' some money on maintenance.
Stupidity to the Maximum!!!
Yes.. as if the tourists weren't scared enough already.
Incredible! Do they plan on sacrifising a goat before every ATR flight? If PIA does proper maintenance of their fleet they can save some money on the goats! I had a friend in school who seldom studied but the night before the exam he would spend all night praying in the masjid asking for some sort of a divine intervention. Well, as you guessed it, that divine intervention never came!
Flying on a wing, a prayer, and a dead black goat - welcome to the information age!
That's fine but trust in Engineering rather than Sadqa what the world would think ? Does PIA blame fate than their faults in work? better your quality to avoid such drastic accidents
Could someone please put it on YouTube and let it go viral.
It is the funniest thing ever.
So let the world have a good hearty laugh and know that Pakistanis do have a sense of great humor.
Poor black animal...Man makes mistakes and They have to Pay..
Giving sadqa is good but please do proper maintenance and complete checks before clearing an aircraft for takeoff.
PIA needs divine intervention in every flight it operates. Propose to slaughter a black goat at the start of every flight!!!
ATR manufacturers would definitely add this to the plane's operation and maintenance manual.
Unbelievable!
I will never take PIA again...
Auditor: What safety corrections have you made PIA? PIA: We sacrificed a goat.
Sacrifice is an age old practice and has scientific basis, but we lost the science behind it.
Dead Goats To Fly With!
P. I. A.------------->
Government airlines, is it? God save!!
Great Goats to fly with
Seeing blood is auspicious in our republic..
Sacrifice the white elephant instead of the black goat
Perhaps PIA should introduce "goat sadqa tax" incorporated in the fare. This will raise the airfare but at least we will arrive our destination safe.
@J Ahsan Don't blame them. I believe the majority of passengers felt safer. So hold them responsible.
Well you all voted for NAWAZ PMLN SHER AYA SHER AYA!
Perfect scientific approach! The whole country is running on sadqa....
We should collectively hang our head in shame. If this is the best PIA can do, God bless us all.
No accountability, no sense of duty, low literacy, zero common sense - ingredients of PIA
Former president Zardari sacrificed dozens of black goats. And he survived and prospered. I am beginning to believe in the power of black goat blood.
Black goat sale is booming.
So it has come down to this!
OK what was the fault of the goat?
Pakistan International Airlines - a national journey from aircrafts to witchcrafts.
PIA gives new meaning to 'on a Wing and a Prayer.'
PIA should do this before the departure of EVERY flight.
It must be very assuring to the travellers! :)
As things go in our dear homeland, we should put faith in the 'sacrifice' of a few more black goats: one for the police system, one for judicial system, one for the highest office, one for WAPDA, one for railways, one for..... and a few more goats---lo and behold! All our problems will be solved by goats. We really don't need to invest in developing people skills such as the ones needed to keep planes flying safely!
So every time there is a takeoff, a poor goat is sacrificed.
Upgrade these planes to Q400 and revise all ur saftey precautions and procedures. Black goat isn't gonna help a Qtr falling from.a sky like a rock
@J Ahsan ...Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
They need to sacrifice several black sheeps in the chain of command.
PIA you disgust me.
unbelievable.... jahalat has no limits.
@Joe very true.....
@anz hahahah comment of the week
If this technique works,it is excellent, we can save billions of money on maintenance and process compliance. Also we should patent this procedure and offer it on consultancy basis to other airlines.
Sadqa of PIA chairman would have made better sense.
This is the real reason of decline of PIA where professionalism has taken over by superstition.
@Unbiased this shows the difference between the civilized and the ignorant.
@Zubaida Khan
It was a goat.
It is not very advantageous to be a goat.
Don't we all remember our favorite The Wolf and the Lamb story?
What gory picture! Do you have to show this?
Next thing you know PIA will issue an order to round up all the black cats, just in case a black cat crossed the path of one of its flight.
"Harkat mein Barkat," is what PIA lacks. Wash PIA of all 'glory hunters' and get down to working, faith in God and see the change. And why a black goat on the tarmac? Salams
@Zak Scientific basis ? Really ?
OMG, they are making a laughingstock out of us here abroad.
When PIA was one of the best airlines in the World the pilot always said a prayer on it address system. The flight was always safe and successful. Fighter pilots of PAF do it even to day.
This is little too much, unbelievable!!!
How can this slaughter of an animal at run way is allowed.? Are we living in civilized society?
Laugh out loud. It looks stupid and boggles mind! For that matter, why black goat, why not camel which is supposed to be "Ship of the Desert"?
@Zak Could you please let us know scientific reason behind goat sacrifice you claim ? Which ERA are we living in?
another innocent life lost
@Zak " sacrifice has scientific basis ..."
Refer to Revised Edition of the Science Book. It must be outdated edition which you are holding
Does something like this, happen in 2016? Medieval and barbaric. Poor goat May God bless its poor soul.
PIA needs to Sacrifice mean Crocodiles in its system rather than innocent goats.
Now the PTI has gone completely insane. How could anyone want them to run the government?
Hmm. Good business idea. Let's start farming goats.
When people of a nation become sheep it shall always be ruled by wolves.
PIA should sacrifice 'black sheep' instead of goats!
This is why we will never compete with the world powers, we put the worst aircraft on operation n ask for divine help but they put their best aircraft on operation n then ask for divine help.
Speechless !!! If only maintenance issues can be solved like this.
Awful... how inhuman.
What is the fault of that poor goat on the negligence of those responsible to maintain the aircraft. It the sacrifice correct the problem, better to remove all maintenance staff and sacrifice goat on each trip !!!!!!!.
Why to kill an innocent animal for your blindfaith ?.
Following, international safety standards will secure the aircraft and it's passengers and not by sacrificing poor animals.
So before every flight PIA will sacrifice a goat and hope that flight will return back safely ?. Is this how you run international flights ?
PIA should rather focus on their Airworthiness Section and make sure that all PIA aircraft are Airworthy to fly. I just wonder if there is any QA?
It'll be difficult for PIA to give goat sacrifice before each n every flight.
Why kill the poor goat? This uncivilised behaviour should end.
By spilling the blood of an innocent animal, if PIA officials feel they can secure the safety of the aircraft - it is not laughable but downright pathetic. How can the woeful wails and cries of the slaughtered animal bring good luck?
I can't stop myself laughing ..super superstion
Take concrete action!
Pia should file a patient for this brilliant technology.
@Zak , you are awesome, Pakistan is lucky to have such people :D
This is the respect for life for them.
We continue to regress towards the stone age - Very sad.
Is they doing any investigation? they are interested to find the cause ? or just will do sadqa for every flight? I saw Air Crush Investigation on ATR plane in YouTube on different crushes, if they do, they will do the same way, find the cause whether it was weather, mechanical problem or pilot error.
Science in a society sets you free. When muslims left progress reading and science. Hence the devils works invaded them and started down-fall.
this is ridiculous.
When you are relying on chance and probability of any technical issue/fault occurring in plane during flight, such sacrifices can come in handy to turn luck in favor of passengers.
Is this a ritual or a joke!!!!!!!
GOD ONLY HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!
Please focus on the core issue with commitment and competency to overcome self negligence.
My condolences with loss of life of Poor innocent mammal!!!
PIA has reached new heights of ignorance.
Idiotic and illiterate mentality. heights of brutality ! Shame !
A crude attempt to deceive people to cover up incompetence and corruption!
Are they out of their mind? Goat next to the plane at the airport. No wonder western nations think why these people believe Pakistan is beyond repair. They could have done the same thing at the slaughterhouse.
It is sad that PIA has such managers who believe in this kind of Hokas Pokas instead of doing their job of properly maintaining aircrafts. Such acts has made Pakistan a laughing stock of world and then PIA expect people to use their service. Anyway, I may suggest another money saving method, why waste needless resources on aircraft maintainence instead PIA should have a Peer-in-residence at each airport who will say Daum and hang head of dead black goat in front of each plane before its departure. Hey, it worked for Pakistan's last President.
Instead of maintenance they rely on sacrificing. What type image they are given to the World.
PIA must not forget that "it's bad luck to be superstitious".
What about sacrificing "black sheep" next time if the things still don't improve.
yup kill a goat too, just for the plane to fly.
Is PIA a professional organization or operating in medieval times. No amount of goats can save you from accidents if you do not invest in modernization and professionalism. You have to update the fleet, have the best aircrafts , train the staff with modern technology and provide the most proficient service. It defies logic that obsolete propellor driven aircraft were flying over mountainous terrain with no recourse to emergency back up. Apparently the engine thrust and propellor function were suspect. I would recommend a trip for the PIA management who were so emphatic about the ATR safety , to take a round trip flight to Chitral, Skardu or Gilgit on these death traps alongwith their families. They are totally bereft of a conscience . They are criminally liable for these innocent deaths . No amount of voodoo Magic or sacrifice of innocent goats can improve PIA. These clowns should also be held responsible for cruelty against animals. I thought this was somebody's perverse sense of humor till I saw the gory picture of the poor goat.
Black goat sacrifice and then corruption, what a way to please devine.
Everyone flying PIA is like this poor goat. Sell this airline to a private and competent party so poor goats can be saved.
Other countries do checks and latest equipment and we sacrifice goats?
When passenger's safety is burshed off by sacrificing a goat, no one will fly with PIA. So there lies the answer why PIA making so much losses.
@Zak sacrifice this thinking will help you perhaps.
At last PIA has done something sensible
Only poor Innocent Mammal lost his life for some fraudulant,ignoble and humiliated people
@El Cid Prayers can never be a substitute for a strong maintenance program. God only helps those who help themselves.
They did it on the runway? They are allowed to do that? Wow. Disgusting..Its shame..
You may not agree with them or may find the act abhorrent. But just appreciate their intentions and wishes.
Sacrifice doesn't mean they are devoid of the other essentials like good maintenance and airworthiness of the aircraft.
This was done as per Islamic culture and believes. No one should question it.
@Zak
Great, let implement age old aircraft science solution for the accident !!!!!
Rituals are important ... whether or not they have any scientific bearing is irrelevant. PIA is trying to fix the physiological stigma that would henceforth be attached with ATR planes ... there is no other way to do that. The people criticizing this are cut-off from the beliefs and norms of the country.
That said of-course PIA should also focus on proper maintenance of the planes.
It's just beliefs which take you out from negativity.Every country does that and I don't see any harm in it.Yes we must not forget our responsibility of throughly checking and maintaining aircraft but small gesture like this give sense of confidence to people at lower grade in our PIA
This has gone viral. Entire world is laughing at Pakistan today, check out any social media site.
Gulf princes are hunting our houbara bustard birds, PIA is making is making goat sacrifices what has happened to Pakistan ?.
What crime did goat do to undergo this life sacrifice?
Where is CAA? How was that allowed even on the tarmac?? I believe in Sadqa but that does not mean sacrificing animal only, and then so blatantly defying all the rules and regulations.
Goat life is also precious like yours. Imagine goat giving you as sacrifice to protect goats lives.
That's why Pakistan makes fun of themselves.
Human Sacrifice is more effective.
Good decision by PIA. Instead of being shy or hesitant, one must be proud of his or her national and cultural values, religious traditions, norms, precedents, history and attributes.
Wow! what a way to ensure good maintenance. Well done!
height of ignorance....
what's wrong with these people?
haha
@Leo lot of maintanence cost can be saved this way. Great initative by PIA .Hope no passenger questioned the official on what they are doing and for what.
Pakistan is stereotyping Asians like English movies used to show us
I'm afraid lest PIA makes it a policy before every flight & charge the additional amount of purchasing goats from passengers. But hey on a lighter note they can serve up mutton to passengers too. Atleast the menue would improve.
@Comment - Actually, I think this must be the standard practice of all Pakistanis, who regularly travel on PIA, to sacrifice a goat in front of their house, before heading to Heathrow to fly to Pakistan. They do that in England I'm sure.
C-130 aircraft from Pakistani Airforce?? Most of these are used to fly troops or military equiment without proper passenger seats or safety or onboard facilities. They might as well fill the cargo bay with cattle and crates. No seat belts or inflight service required.
It is a good way to start any work /job / or business. We believe in Islam in its teaching.
@Sohail Wazir Excuse me ,i don't see any start just failure.Human behavior always look for someone to blame.
It is indeed disgusting.
@Sohail Wazir , There are people like you in PIA.That is the problem.
Now there will be shortage of black goats? PIA please remember black goats for ATRs only and Black Bulls for 777 or Jumbo Jets.
Look at the dressing and body language of PIA staff ? Is this an airport
Flight delays will become routine, as each flight waits for a Black Goat to be delivered to the airport before the plane is allowed to fly!
This is called 'solution' to all the PIA problems!? How about sacrificing at least 10,000 employees who actually do no work, but collect salaries because of their political base and loyalties? That is a huge fixed cost that PIA could cut by millions in an instant!
We'll come to stone stage.How a deep superstitious society we have become with in last three decades.A society who do not think on scientific line but on ignorance.
It can't be true , if it is , hope it goes viral on Face Book and other social media. Divine intervention, a black goat saviour of national carrier.
In order to save humans from dying in plane crash, PIA came up with this solution of killing an animal! what about safety ? maintenance? control on corruption? No shame!
You can sacrifice all the goats in Pakistan if you like. But I guarantee you it will take a lot more than divine intervention to save PIA from the inevitable doom, if God forbid, one single American becomes a casualty in one such unfortunate incident, as the ATR crash last week.
Beyond the IATA and Warsaw Pact limit to compensation, he/she will most likely win a very hefty judgement against PIA in a US court - for sheer negligence and lack of safety standards, which PIA will not be able to pay. That will be the end of PIA as we know it. Americans are the most likely to sue for any such mishaps.
@Naveed Good analysis, intersting
So PIA planes will keep on flying in the sky with divine intervention not because of technical upgradae. Rediculous.
@Bystander Their job is to do the work ... world airlines does not run by sacrificing black goat ....
PIA could have given 'sadqa' in the form of cash to needy.
Sacrificing a goat or looking for scapegoat in recent PIA disaster .. PIA's biggest problem is its assets and pakistani nation biggest problems are NS and Zardari..
This act is beyond stupidity but clearly reflects departmental attitude and mindset to problem solving. Instead of improving inspection procedures and taking corrective action, slaughter a goat for safe journey.
why not privatize PIA? oh I see, incompetent staff members who are PPP's voters too will lose the job.
@Vague Buster Nailed it bro
Height of Intelligence, epic!
@Nadeem Well said. I enjoyed your response.
Great now with Sadqa all issues are taken care off; so, no need for any maintenance. Very efficient and low cost, wonder why other countries spend so much on safety.
@Jawaid kamal you wrote "What is the fault of the poor goat ? "
Can't you see the goat is black.
Now PIA - if it survives - will create a new department which will be responsible for procurement and sacrificing goats for each flight. All the new hires will be political appointees, with cut-throat mentality and blood suckers!
There may even be a small shed at the airport to house goats, and at least one goat standing next to each PIA flight about to take off...Can you imagine the tarmac with all the goat blood!?
How backward are the people at PIA who came up with this stupid spectacle??
Shows how whimsical our Nation have grown
Sacrifice of a goat to make flights safe... Now we know why PK-661 incident happened.
How about checking the black box before killing innocent black animals!
It seems PIA staff is full of sick and foolish people.
The plane passed shakedown tests which were conducted by the French atr technicians. if the French say they are safe then they are safe. I suppose we will never know what really happened to pk661 but the plane was good in airworthiness.
Re: goat - fair enough sadqa is fine mayebe issue with it being on runway but I am still ok with it.
@Razak Abdul
They are new planes < 10 years
long live PML-N rob the country of every single penny. the country will soon be on the street
That tells you a lot about state of affairs of PIA. People are moving back to dark ages.
Seriously???
Way to run the country. No wonder we have become a joke for the rest of the world.
Another low for PIA and Pakistan. Asif Zardari used to sacrifice black goats at the President house, while in office. Now Nawaz Sharif has decided to follow that noble Zardari tradition. Keep going down, Pakistan.
whats wrong with a sacrificing that people are complaining about especially my neighbors yes PIA has to correct its wrong doing but a sadqa has equal importance as that of science
Another first for technology innovation in Pakistan. PIA, you made the whole nation proud today. Well done.
Enough said.
@Joe The best comment could not agree more
PIA is grossly negligent and does a poor job in overall maintenance and taking short cuts. This is a well known fact and an open secret of the state of affairs of PIA Sacrificing goats will achieve nothing! Only professionalism and highest standards in maintainence will improve the quality of service and minimize accidents in future !!
Poor Goat has to bear the burden of PIA executive's incompetence. LOL.
What about safety?
Can't stop laughing...
Someone please tell the higher ups that we are living in 21st century. The safe flights on any plane depands any thing but the sacrifice of a poor black goat. Pathetic!!
@Ahsan Gul : making fool of self in the whole world, it is the proper maintanace not SADQA does operate airlines.
@Zak , what is the scientific base?
@Nadeem Good one!
The goat didn't cause the plane crash, it was most probably a human that did. Track him down and give him whatever is due to him. In the meantime those illiterate stupid idiots who cut the goats throat, should be thrown out of PIA's employment. They are ot fit to work in the aviation industry.
@Bystander are you saying that sacrificing a black goat will help??
@ Iztraab Old got is suffering from dementia. No hope for PIA!
Yet another reason and another message given to the entire world that Pakistan indeed is an uneducated and illetrate country. It's a shame to be called Pakistani. I'm simy shocked to see this height of ignorance and stupidity.
Never knee goats could save humans? Well may be only in Pakistan.
@Nadeem : Meaning Sharifs and Zardaris for sure.
Passenger should also allow to travel with Black Hen and black Goat. Hen for small turbulence and goat for ....
Lol... goat lost his life... this is superstition at best.
Can't believe PIA 's bosses allowed this nonsense. Already Airline is the joke of the airline industry. A black goat's sacrifice is a good omen for the success of airline, utter lunacy.
How can taking an innocent life help PIA?
Superstitions still prevail in the subcontinent...
The poor goat pays the price for the ineptitude of the PIA.
when pia is full of uncompetent staff they will do such acts but they should remember this act will not stop pia from a full fledge closure
first they killed humans and now its goat's turn
Have mercy on your souls. poor goat.
Why don't people just travel on black goats instead, wouldn't that be safer ;)
Never traveling on PIA again!
Stern action should be taken against those people who committed this foolish act. In this picture A person not even in a uniform holding a foot long sharp knife right in front of a PIA plane? this is a security breach by all standard, according to IATA laws only authorized people responsible of the security of the Airport are permitted to carry a official weapon issued to them by the concern authority.
Rest in peace Science and Goat.
PIA should sacrifice all two-legged black sheep in the organization.
I havn't seen a foolishness like this... murdering an innocent soul... for your mistakes .... murderers
Barbarians. Slitting a goat's throat so it has to endure max pain is unpardonable.
@Zak please enlighten us with the scientific basis
Stupidity of the highest order
I have had one bad experience of travelling on PIA while coming back to Pakistan from KSA dammam couple of yrs back. The flight was delayed more then 4 hrs and when arrived we were without luggage. PIA staff promised us that it will arrived next day. Almost 80% passenger on same flight was like that. We kept looking for our luggage every other day or calling Airport as their staff have no courtesy to call and inform. Finally that arrived after 10days, fortunately a day before we had to fly back. From that day my family has strictly refrain me to buy PIA ticket ever even if they sell on half price. So much for national carrier. Now seeing this attitude of killing the goat (does not seems like Sadqa), a climax of unprofessional, I am happy my decision was right.
That it what happens when the once one of worlds leading airline is corrupted and "sold" as Nawaz's personal goods. Ridiculous!
Gosh, Glad they did not do it in flight !!
Once in a lifetime visit to Airport for the poor goat.
PIA is following Zardari's lead!
perhaps we will become human sometime...
What a low profile society.
PIA the trend setter. All organizations n state institution should follow suit. I would advise sacrificing cows for PSM, NAB, FBR and police so they can operate smoothly by getting rid of the evil haunting these institutions
This will stop PIA planes from crashing, unbelieveable...PIA has gone to toilet along with staff!!!
instead of doing their work , keeping aeroplanes safe. killing an innocent goat . this is 21 century???
People with no heart. Poor animal. God give you same life..
@Blurle Better than that you or any human around you.
This news saddened me a lot. How does killing an innocent animal will help PI. I think Pakistan needs a lot of introspection.
They should carry black goats on each of their flights. In case of accident it gets automatically sacrificed.
@sam
Aboslutely
The spirit of the GOats sacrificed will lift it in the air and keep the aircraft flying !!!!!
Nothing new. That's how our country is run. Only prayers and visits to Makkah and Madina are the salvation for the country. That's what our PM has done inb his third time as PM.
If this is not cruelty then what is??? Pakistan's new low. An accident imminent and will be curse of the poor goat.
For this act alone, the chairman and CEO of PIA should be sacked.
Sadka is well and good but why do it on the Tarmac, so the world Press can make even fun of you? This was was a world class Airline at one poin, the correouption in the successive managements has destroyed to the point that forget about the foreigners, even pakistanis dont want to travel on it. I hope it gets completely privatised.
do work, do not wast people property and money.
@Muhammad That will raise our fare.
Love it Zinda abad Pakistan.
Is this gonna be standard operating procedure for all PIA flights (if it works). I should get into raising black goat business. Hope funds for this sacrifice aren't coming from the maintenance budget.
In Pakistan, it is hard to survive without appearing to embrace such irrational notions of " sadqa" as a an omen for good luck. However, by doing this PIA makes itself a laughing stock in the world. PIA should d o better than this.
This will not work and I'm not flying with PIA, PERIOD
This is stupidity beyond comprehension.
PIA should enforce a new rule whereby, in order to ward off evil and bad luck, it should be made mandatory for every passenger on domestic flight to bring in goat and offer a "sadka" before boarding the plane. When it comes to Pakistani bureaucracy, stupidity knows no bounds.
simply unbelievable. Such absolute idiocy!
How is it a sacrifice? They seem to be happy about it. This is senseless killing of an innocent animal. Disgraceful.
I don't think we need Aeroplane, we have the ability to fly the Boats by sacrificing a goat. Long live PIA.
No wonder innocent become escape goats in this country
i am speechless !!! RIP innocent goat...
How about rebranding and changing the livery to a flying goat scheme. The tail of the plane will look really nice somewhat like Qatar airways. We can call it black sheep airways.
sick people !!!!!!!
what a cruel act in public, by a govt. agency that too in air strip?
Say a prayer and eat mutton Biriyani before flying PIA. No need to be concerned about aircraft maintenance.
Now the goats spirit will guide and protect our planes
Its this hyper religiousity that is keeping Pakistan from going forward; rather than what it is now (in reverse gear) (Zia era has not left; very much still in vogue!) Its the corrupt[tion so deeply inbedded in Pakistan; the greed for money which is the main cause for the en tire infra structure of Pakistan that is going for a nose dive; be it the Railways; the airlines; the "No Electricity" and for ages now; the Police; the very corrupt Government. We read the other day "Bangle Desh in most spheres doing better than our beloved Pakistan. We are bottom of most lists.
I feel sad, being myself a regular passenger of ATR flights on Rahim Yar Khan route, I could not believe that PIA will stoop that low in professional excellence. While PIA , once a great organization, has been systematically looted and brought to this stage due to political interventions (out of merit and uncalled for overstaffing). This act done by PIA, and allowed by CAA on the air-strip is mockery of Sadqa as well as of those few ones left who are performing their professional duty diligently. ..... Even from a religious point of view ... why advertising the slaughter ? (even if the same was done with pure intention and seeking divine help) .... because we learnt that "Sadqa given by left hand should not even be known to the right hand" ....
innocent blood..................almighty never expected these ....wrong faith in superstitious nonsense.
This proves our technological superiority.
Ha, ha, ha. Logic dude, that's a good one!!
How does PIA justify fairs comparable to worthy international airlines while providing aub-par service is beyond me.
The tickets prices are so high and no leas tha n other airlines therefore it should be able to invest the profit to improve its fleet. But I think it is taking profit home instead of investing.
PIA Auditors make sure that the black goat is accounted for for its peoples property.Meaning who all had the goat for dinner. Does the color has a meaning?
while everything else is happening, Govt. is "not" planning to privatize PIA to the biggest business tycoon, after all who needs to fund '18 election
PIA = A Great Airline to Fly with a Dead Black Goat!
What is this gotta be joking with me.
This picture and the whole act is in such a poor taste. Sends shivers down my spine.
Really!!!!
Killing an innocent animal for the incompetency....Shame on you PIA. I will never travel again with you!
I don't trust PIA anymore after JJ Loss .even they sacrifice goat or sheep
In the latest news from PIA, PIA will start allowing people to carry chicken and goats on board with their carry on
Killing innocent goat will not help flight safety.
Life of a poor animal wasted for nothing.
Put that picture in international magazines and see the sales of PIA tickets sky-rocket !! :-)
if every senator is mandated to fly PIA once a month at no cost to him or her....watch how planes are serviced.
PIA logic: Steps: 1) Passengers seated and in seat belts. 2)Flight Attendants give instructions. 3) Kill goat. 4) Handout Refreshments. 5) Profit.
Nice! No longer need a degree in engineering, just a knife and a goat.
I think CAA should make it mandatory for every PIA passenger to sacrifice a black lamb before getting on a PIA flight. Only divine help can keep passenger safe on a PIA flight
PIA should sacrifice black sheeps among their cadre to survive.
Only divine intervention can save this so called airline.
@J Ahsan well said