Comments on: Air Zimbabwe in dire straits http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jon http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-275143 Jon Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:26:58 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-275143 <a href='#comment-275127' rel="nofollow">@Hotels Close To Airport</a> - Well sure. Their priorities lie in not getting themselves executed or thrown in prison by the dictator. Not to say that they aren't personal friends or cronies of his, running the airline as a reward for their dedicated service toward the dictator's ascension to the throne. This is what socialism is all about. Liberating the masses from their money, their land and their human rights and giving them the freedom to obey or die. It works like a law of nature, just as assuredly. And so, if you replace Mugabe with another Marxist, you will get the same results. Remember not to do that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('275143','Jon'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('275143','Jon','<a href=\'#comment-275127\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Hotels Close To Airport<\/a> - \r\n\r\nWell sure. Their priorities lie in not getting themselves executed or thrown in prison by the dictator. Not to say that they aren\'t personal friends or cronies of his, running the airline as a reward for their dedicated service toward the dictator\'s ascension to the throne.\r\n\r\nThis is what socialism is all about. Liberating the masses from their money, their land and their human rights and giving them the freedom to obey or die.\r\n\r\nIt works like a law of nature, just as assuredly. And so, if you replace Mugabe with another Marxist, you will get the same results. Remember not to do that.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> @Hotels Close To Airport –

Well sure. Their priorities lie in not getting themselves executed or thrown in prison by the dictator. Not to say that they aren’t personal friends or cronies of his, running the airline as a reward for their dedicated service toward the dictator’s ascension to the throne.

This is what socialism is all about. Liberating the masses from their money, their land and their human rights and giving them the freedom to obey or die.

It works like a law of nature, just as assuredly. And so, if you replace Mugabe with another Marxist, you will get the same results. Remember not to do that.

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]]> By: Hotels Close To Airport http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-275127 Hotels Close To Airport Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:45:12 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-275127 Just goes to show us all were these companies priorities lie. Moving the political people around is most important for their image. It will only be a short time before they close the doors for good. Us $300 for that short trip, a recent flight of mine was 1 and a half times farther and cost only $150 tax included.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('275127','Hotels Close To Airport'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('275127','Hotels Close To Airport','Just goes to show us all were these companies priorities lie. Moving the political people around is most important for their image. It will only be a short time before they close the doors for good.\nUs $300 for that short trip, a recent flight of mine was 1 and a half times farther and cost only $150 tax included.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Just goes to show us all were these companies priorities lie. Moving the political people around is most important for their image. It will only be a short time before they close the doors for good.
Us $300 for that short trip, a recent flight of mine was 1 and a half times farther and cost only $150 tax included.
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]]> By: rugare rwemazimba http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-274880 rugare rwemazimba Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:04:22 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-274880 The problem is that as a foreigner, Mugabe does not care. Why on earthwould Zimbabweans put him there when they have own people. Mubrandaya. he only cares for brandayas, not shonas, ndebeles or ndaus and manica. He has killed the country and his country man malawians have taken over almost everything. They eve have a whole batallion stationed in Zimbabwe.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274880','rugare rwemazimba'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274880','rugare rwemazimba','The problem is that as a foreigner, Mugabe does not care. Why on earthwould Zimbabweans put him there when they have own people. Mubrandaya. he only cares for brandayas, not shonas, ndebeles or ndaus and manica. He has killed the country and his country man malawians have taken over almost everything. They eve have a whole batallion stationed in Zimbabwe.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> The problem is that as a foreigner, Mugabe does not care. Why on earthwould Zimbabweans put him there when they have own people. Mubrandaya. he only cares for brandayas, not shonas, ndebeles or ndaus and manica. He has killed the country and his country man malawians have taken over almost everything. They eve have a whole batallion stationed in Zimbabwe.
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]]> By: UK Diaspora http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-274310 UK Diaspora Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:40:05 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-274310 @Living Zim – Drastic indeed! I saw that one of the links in this post quotes an Air Zim guy as saying “Our 737 fleet is 23 years old and has outlived its economic life span,” he said. “The standard economic life span of an aircraft is about 15 years. Maintenance costs are high, spares for these airplanes are scarce,” . A friend of mine was at Vic Falls when one of the zhing-zhong planes had engine failure and had to land very quickly! No way do I feel OK flying Air Zim under those circumstances!
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]]> By: Living Zim http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-274309 Living Zim Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:47:15 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-274309 Whatever bad rep that the airline has, something drastic needs to be done to make sure that is does not die. It would be sucha shame for the nation to not have a national airline. Managers that actually care about the future of the airline and not their own personal gain would be good as a start.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274309','Living Zim'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274309','Living Zim','Whatever bad rep that the airline has, something drastic needs to be done to make sure that is does not die. It would be sucha shame for the nation to not have a national airline. Managers that actually care about the future of the airline and not their own personal gain would be good as a start.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Whatever bad rep that the airline has, something drastic needs to be done to make sure that is does not die. It would be sucha shame for the nation to not have a national airline. Managers that actually care about the future of the airline and not their own personal gain would be good as a start.
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]]> By: Ants http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-274301 Ants Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:44:56 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-274301 <a href='#comment-274300' rel="nofollow">@David Wheeler</a> - Corruption has its price.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274301','Ants'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274301','Ants','<a href=\'#comment-274300\' rel=\"nofollow\">@David Wheeler<\/a> - Corruption has its price.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> @David Wheeler – Corruption has its price.
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]]> By: David Wheeler http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-274300 David Wheeler Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:08:47 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-274300 P.S. I am in Australla at present, and typical air fares between major cities, Perth to Adelaide for example, are A$78 one way - about U$60, if you book 10 days in advance.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274300','David Wheeler'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274300','David Wheeler','P.S. I am in Australla at present, and typical air fares between major cities, Perth to Adelaide for example, are A$78 one way - about U$60, if you book 10 days in advance.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> P.S. I am in Australla at present, and typical air fares between major cities, Perth to Adelaide for example, are A$78 one way – about U$60, if you book 10 days in advance.
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]]> By: David Wheeler http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4575/comment-page-1#comment-274299 David Wheeler Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:05:31 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4575#comment-274299 May I add another experience. Some years ago we had a visitor from the UK staying with us. She had a confirmed booking, Air Zim, to Kariba, leaving early in the morning. She arrived to be told that there were not enough passengers, and that the flight had therefore been cancelled. She ended up spending most of the day on a chicken bus instead! But the real problem is the lying, for which there is no excuse.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274299','David Wheeler'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274299','David Wheeler','May I add another experience.\r\nSome years ago we had a visitor from the UK staying with us. She had a confirmed booking, Air Zim, to Kariba, leaving early in the morning. She arrived to be told that there were not enough passengers, and that the flight had therefore been cancelled. She ended up spending most of the day on a chicken bus instead!\r\nBut the real problem is the lying, for which there is no excuse.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> May I add another experience.
Some years ago we had a visitor from the UK staying with us. She had a confirmed booking, Air Zim, to Kariba, leaving early in the morning. She arrived to be told that there were not enough passengers, and that the flight had therefore been cancelled. She ended up spending most of the day on a chicken bus instead!
But the real problem is the lying, for which there is no excuse.
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