“This was published yesterday in Nepal. It's from a document the investigative team sent to the regulator. The contents seem to indicate that the panel have already gleaned some initial info from the CVR and FDR, as well as perhaps from training records, maintenance records and crew duty records. Make of it what you will. Certainly some of the recommendations are problematic for Nepal.”
Tbh that speaks volumes. I’d believe they don’t have the volume of pilots for the volume of operations. Very notably the airlines tend to put on extra flights according to the volume of pax turning up at airports seeking flights last minute. I got a place on a Buddha ATR72 out of Pokhara, but when I was in the queue for boarding a selection of passengers were pointed to a Buddha Beechcraft King Air 200 which was put on last minute to fulfil extra unexpected demand. I imagine pilots are often asked to do overtime and glad of the extra cash.