EDITORIAL: Don’t annoy us with Air Namibia talks
If Air Namibia is to be revived again, as per the calls of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), it should be on sound business principles. Anything else is a waste of our time and resources.
The politics of romanticism, a very idealistic view of life rather than the actual reality, poses a danger to society – including our own that has paid over N$10 billion into the bottomless pit that was the national airline.
The "nice-to-have” kind of politics, which paints a luxury picture amid gloom, is what has gotten us here.
Sentimentalism made us keep the heavily bleeding Air Namibia around for decades so that we could beat our chests at big tables and boast that we too have a national airline. That was not an airline, unless the definition is restricted to traversing the skies.
The SPYL and all proponents of Air Namibia’s revival need to ‘bless’ us with a set of details on how to resuscitate the company without costing the taxpayer an arm and a leg. We have neither legs nor arms left to sacrifice to these political niceties with no substance.
What we have left are minds to help us steer clear of past mistakes and carve our path out of further trouble – now that we can breathe a little. We cannot create another entity just to pay salaries and massage the egos of failing politicians.
The politics of romanticism, a very idealistic view of life rather than the actual reality, poses a danger to society – including our own that has paid over N$10 billion into the bottomless pit that was the national airline.
The "nice-to-have” kind of politics, which paints a luxury picture amid gloom, is what has gotten us here.
Sentimentalism made us keep the heavily bleeding Air Namibia around for decades so that we could beat our chests at big tables and boast that we too have a national airline. That was not an airline, unless the definition is restricted to traversing the skies.
The SPYL and all proponents of Air Namibia’s revival need to ‘bless’ us with a set of details on how to resuscitate the company without costing the taxpayer an arm and a leg. We have neither legs nor arms left to sacrifice to these political niceties with no substance.
What we have left are minds to help us steer clear of past mistakes and carve our path out of further trouble – now that we can breathe a little. We cannot create another entity just to pay salaries and massage the egos of failing politicians.
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