Peaceonmotherearth's brief analysis of our Airlines is praiseworthy but I would like to add some points to it:

1) I have been reading in a lot on  papers that THAI and RNAC started the service at the same time and that Thai progressed a lot leaving RA far behind. Of course THAI started as THAI same time as RA did but fewer people know that THAI was known as AIR SIAM  which already had big planes and most importantly all the required infrastructures to run an airline. I mean THAI did not start from a scratch as RA did with mere DC-3 aircrafts and one airport called 'Gauchar' (cattle grazing area). THAI was a mere change of name !

2) As Ark pointed out RA was never given free authority to excersice what is right for her at any given time by the so called govt. red tapism.

3) As for staff not returning from abroad 'after gaining knowledge and  experience' , such incidents are very very nominal in RA as compared to other Nepali corporations and institutions.Most of those who are overseas currently did so without any obligations to RA. It should be mentioned here that what is hurting RA is the exodus of pilots and engineers it trained,  to other ' PRIVATE AIRLINES' .

4) And for your information the 'Fierce Looking Creature' is an unique deity of Nepal and one of the main tourist attractor of Hanuman Dhoka. I don't agree it has anything to do with RA's downfall.

5) As for  Govt and semi govt. officials not buying  the tickets from RA, it is known to all that there is an involvement of commission and kickbacks in every purchase where RA lags far behind.

rest of his/her comments are admirable.