Goats sacrificed to fix Nepal jet

Its just culture… fantastic to see people get culture shock through a web forum. 😀

I agree 100%.

Personally, I blame the nanny state.

Odd as it is, its not un-common. Not in Nepal, India or Pakistan. Its just culture… fantastic to see people get culture shock through a web forum. 😀

Royal Nepals fleet has been in the doledrums since i reported there problems for the first time in AW some good 4-5 years ago, they are a bit late on the sacrifice i am afraid. :rolleyes:

I’ll bet the engineers were feeling a bit sheepish afterwards…… 😎

Would never have happened at a ‘BAA’ airport…. :rolleyes:

(I’ll get my goat… er coat… !)

So, these people have the level of technical knowledge required to operate a machine as complex as a 757, yet sacrifice goats to try make the thing fly? I realise people’s cultures and beliefs vary dramatically from country to country, but this is just worrying. :confused:

Paul

Fair comment, they probably look at us and say the same thing everytime we ritually hose down an airliner to wish a new route well…

Which is precisely my point – one man’s religion is another’s superstitious calptrap. At least the Nepalese will have a rather nice goat curry after their religious ceremony. All the Irish got was a damp aeroplane :diablo:

And presumably (he says at risk of inviting a ban), all El Al aircraft all have an inch or two missing from a pitot tube somewhere 😀

Paul F

P.S. And who knows what gets sacrificed when VA accept another airliner into service…..:D 😀 😀

That was terrible!

egpx… I’d certainly consider a priest blessing an aircraft with holy water somewhat more ‘normal’ than sacrificing goats, although I’m sure had I grown up in Nepal I’d think differently.

Paul

Which is precisely my point – one man’s religion is another’s superstitious calptrap. At least the Nepalese will have a rather nice goat curry after their religious ceremony. All the Irish got was a damp aeroplane :diablo:

I must admit, some times when I’ve done every thing I can think off to clear a snag, I’ve wanted to kill SOMETHING to make the aircraft serviceable!

Rgds Cking

My Caribbean friend cooks a great curried goat stew

I’ll get me goat……..

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Maybe they were only kidding? 😎

I’ll get me coat……..

That was terrible!

egpx… I’d certainly consider a priest blessing an aircraft with holy water somewhat more ‘normal’ than sacrificing goats, although I’m sure had I grown up in Nepal I’d think differently.

Paul

…Well, perhaps it is worse for the goats… :rolleyes:

Maybe they were only kidding? 😎

I’ll get me coat……..

So, these people have the level of technical knowledge required to operate a machine as complex as a 757, yet sacrifice goats to try make the thing fly? I realise people’s cultures and beliefs vary dramatically from country to country, but this is just worrying. :confused:

Paul

Yeah, but is it any worse than Aer Lingus getting some bloke in a frock to sprinkle ‘holy’ water over the nose of each aircraft when it is delivered to Dublin?

Well, perhaps it is worse for the goats… :rolleyes:

Does it go to the catering department afterwards?

What a waste of goats. 😡

Strange that Hindus do sacrifices when many dont eat meat anyway?

So, these people have the level of technical knowledge required to operate a machine as complex as a 757, yet sacrifice goats to try make the thing fly? I realise people’s cultures and beliefs vary dramatically from country to country, but this is just worrying. :confused:

Paul

Having flown Air India on internal flights…well…I found that worrying, too! 😮

So, these people have the level of technical knowledge required to operate a machine as complex as a 757, yet sacrifice goats to try make the thing fly? I realise people’s cultures and beliefs vary dramatically from country to country, but this is just worrying. :confused:

Paul

Reminds me of my last trip to one of our Indian suppliers. A senior manager (Indian) of the pharmaceutical manufacturing site, a well educated man, and techncially very competent, flatly refused to eat any chicken during our visit, for fear of contracting bird flu. Sounded like good sense to me, as the disease was at that time likely to have spread to India.

However, he was simultaneously happy to drive like an absolute maniac among the equally manic Bangalore traffic and simply trust to Allah to keep him safe!

I could not rationalise the two very different thought processes – surely, if he trusted his God to keep him safe on the chaotic roads, then why can’t he trust the same deity to keep him safe when eating…the differing logic for different situations was totally beyond me I’m afraid. :confused:

Paul F

I’ll bet the engineers were feeling a bit sheepish afterwards…… 😎

So, these people have the level of technical knowledge required to operate a machine as complex as a 757, yet sacrifice goats to try make the thing fly? I realise people’s cultures and beliefs vary dramatically from country to country, but this is just worrying. :confused:

Paul