Why is Air India always in loss?
Government and profits cannot easily be used in the same line - unless it is governments taking away profits. Government organizations seldom make profits and airlines are among the worst - as these are considered “prestigious” - means places where usual common sense don’t apply.First, airlines are usually loss making around the world. So many major airlines have been shutdown in the past. Profit making airlines - such as Southwest, Indigo are more exceptions than the norm. The Economist explains: Why airlines make such meagre profits.Second, government airlines across the world are dependent more on subsidies and bailouts. This has been true always. This is an old economist article: Airlines, governments and bail-outs - it could as easily have been written today.Third, India’s airlines have more serious issues. The air fuel is expensive, the major airports are overloaded and the trains provide a cheap & convenient alternative pushing down the prices. Only two big airlines in India made a profit in the last yearRegarding Air India, there are a few specific issues:There are way too many employees after the IA-AI merger and the government is reluctant to downsize. Around the world, there about 120 staff for every aircraft. Air India has 256. New Air India boss bets on people power to fix ailing carrier These extra people and salaries are a huge drain. While Jet airways spends only 10% of its revenues on salaries & benefits, Air India spends 20%.Like any government organisation it is not professionally managed. It is run by civil servants, who might or might not have the necessary business experience and industry knowledge.Like anything with the government, it is scam ridden - making it buy unnecessary planes and overpay for them. And the previous government probably had a hand at that. CBI will probe Air India losses under UPA rule and Air India In Multiple Scams, Says CBI. Here's What It's Investigating.Lots of politicians and government servants are handed free or cheap air tickets funded by Air India.Air India runs on a lot of unprofitable routes and these are kept more of political reasons than economic.When the government could be serving the poor, it is spending 10s of thousands of crores on a useless airlines company. That is classic socialism.
I need help with the following Brain Teaser...?
It's been a long time since I learned maths, but here goes: We know that the distance from her start point to her destination is 12,000 miles because it took her six hours at 2000 mph to get there. Total distance flown (round-trip, so 2 x 12,000) is 24,000. We know that the time on the return trip was 12 hours (12,000 miles at 1000 mph). Total trip time is then 18 hours (6 hours to get there, 12 hours to get back). 24,000 miles divided by 18 hours is 1333.333... miles (1333 miles, 20 minutes ) per hour. I think that's the way we used to do that sort of problem in the old pre-calculator days. I hope I explained it okay!
Navy AC (Air Traffic Control) any info?
I'm joining the Navy as an AC. I leave in 3 weeks. I'm having trouble finding any websites with info and/or videos about the job. I really just want to know what the work environment is like, how difficult A school is, how are the advancement rates and what are some of the best bases for this job. Thanks for any and all help!
Fastest air, land, and space records?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_speed_record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_speed_record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28speed%29 Now get to work, it's Sunday afternoon.