The Federal Aviation Administration or FAA has been taking action when it emerged that air traffic controllers were falling asleep at their posts. Managers have been replaced and the whole system is being shaken up to prevent repeat of such incidents. In India pilots with fake mark sheets have been licensed to fly after paying bribes of Rs 700,000. Flying is an ordeal in India. Ticket prices are too high because of taxes up to 35% on air fuel. The developer of Delhi and Mumbai airports was illegally charging domestic passengers Rs 200 per ticket and Rs 1300 for foreign flights. The Supreme Court has ordered that to stop. Further misery is being caused by a strike by pilots of the domestic part of Air India demanding parity of salaries with pilots flying foreign routes. In spite of a court order the pilots are still on strike after 5 days. Air India is government controlled which allows criminal politicians and thieving, parasitic civil servants to fly free with wives, children, friends, servants and, who knows, may be even mistresses and toy boys. The airline has accumulated losses of Rs 130 billion, employs 40000 at a ratio of 243 employees to each aircraft as opposed to the industry average of 150 per aircraft, earns Rs 210 million/ per day while spending Rs 570 million losing Rs 360 million per day and each plane flies for a paltry nine hours per day. One would think that pilots would have some shame when they are already among the highest paid in the country while working so little but sadly Indians have learnt from politicians and have lost all sharam and izzat. Since the strike is illegal they should all be sacked but then how will politicians fly for free.