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Originally Posted by Steeroid  But they moved anyway, and nobody knows of the old KL airport anymore.
If we wait to answer every question before we make a move, we will NEVER progress. The airport, when ready, should be used. Underutilization will make it an economic failure. |
Absolutely correct.
Does ANYONE think of castigating and throwing out the lovely ministers who have been sitting on their rearsides all this while? We all want quality service, multi billion dollar world class airports, superb experience, but the ticket, Rs 500 wonlee, thankoo. And when we pay like rs 20-30 toll for a few km of road, why not a few hundred (just the right amount mind you) for a better air gateway. :-)
That being said, the government should've thought about it while giving it for bidding. Now BIAL gets the flak when its the govt whose not delivered. plus I firmly think Mr RK Misra is completely milking public opinion for just his own publicity ends. He's NO different from a politician trying to make the most mileage of this bad situation (I can only imagine the nightmare since I'm well versed with the situation).
How is this Misra or any other opportunistic scumbag any better?
Let's read the survey: rhetoric and more rhetoric. He doesn't propose anything remarkable. I mean, it doesn't need a (survey) monkey to tell people that the average man WILL be horribly inconvenienced given tht connectivity isnt solved, and NO ONE wants to pay enhanced airport charges for horrible flight experience.
Plus the solution proposed:
Wait till the road comes up. Nice on paper. However, the expressway on which work *will* start in december 08 will get finished in 4 maybe 5 years. Maybe he hasnt even bothered to research a single airport rail/bus transit system before launching this "survey". Again, the thought process is simply crabbish. And yes, let BIAL go bankrupt in the meanwhile and public money (debt from our own banks) turn into dust. Instead, even MSN proposes better stuff - short haul (think chennai/coimby) flights out of HAL, long range (mum/del/kol/intl) out of BIAL(like finney says)
ofc, I shudder to think of the impact on industry - IT firms would be significantly disadvantaged. For a one hour meeting in BLR, people would just spend hours flying in, commuting, and then commuting back. Impacts business like bad.
Coming back. The survey doesnt help build thoughtful constructive opinion. We all can make that short survey. Pretty paltry coming from a LEAD India finalist.
@kvish: Exactly. Learning curve costs, or teething pains. But with such administration, these pains may last tooo long.
That being said, I'm surprised the government isn't talking of running more buses instead of the 40 volvos. I'd actually say more like 100 force travellers (not that either would move in koramangala traffic!). When the govt hasnt delivered on its job, the least it can do is organize better public transport.