There really does need to be some intervention and pressure from the tourist operators and government here. Intense competition / pressure does not help the Nepalese all down the chain who are trying to make a living out of tourism. Every time this happens more people are deterred from flying within Nepal. Flying in and out of Lukla is a risk but the crews are very good at this. What they are not good at doing is not flying in thick cloud, in unforgivable terrain, and often with no on-board nav and no approach technology.And overtaking each other on the way to Lukla and return - IN CLOUD.
Absolute madness and not like PNG at all. Much more dangerous. Fix this, fix it now because I really do like this place, these people and this culture. I want to go back but under different risk levels than today.
