Find below some suggestions that might assist NACIL come out of the ICU. &nbsp;<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Government must come clean on the true financial condition of NACIL. The attitude should be - Yes we have &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a problem and will overcome!<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;A national airline is the pride of every country. It should be no different for India.<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Board should be headed by someone of Mr. Narayan Murthy’s stature. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Board of Directors be recast such that one third are Independent Directors. They should have functional&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;skills in Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Finance and Legal. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Minister of Civil Aviation and a PMO representative should be Board members too. &nbsp;<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Managing Director reports to the Board and should have atleast a three year term. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Ministry of Civil Aviation should, for now, have joint responsibility for NACIL’s performance along with the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Board. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;NACIL must be adequately capitalized.<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Organization Restructuring and VRS should first start at senior levels. When other employees see Management &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;leading from the front they could agree to a similar proposal for themselves.<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;A Core team of AI/IA executives with Board members to prepare an implementable roadmap for effective&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;merger within a fixed time frame. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;An immediate review of the maturity of existing aircraft loans must be undertaken and lenders be requested to &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;extend loan tenures to avoid further mismatch of cash flows. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Aircraft on ground 21 (as on 1.5.09) to be got in working condition to enable quick return of leased aircraft. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;There should be a total freeze on providing further rights to foreign carriers. NACIL needs to be supported to &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;enable speedy recovery. &nbsp;<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Up gradation of IT environment such that it is comparable with other airlines. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;A member of the Central Vigilance Commission should be part of the team which negotiates key contracts to avoid &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;delays in investigations after contract is awarded. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;An independent evaluation of the merits and demerits of outsourced services and contracts (e.g. engineering &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;facilities, manpower for operational areas, ground services) be undertaken by a joint team having management &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and union representatives. It should be convened by a Board member. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Performance of employees who affect savings of more than Rs 30 lakhs per annum should be recognized with Air &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;India medals.<br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Appointment of retired employees should be cleared by the Board. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Except the CMD every employee can have only one office only. <br />•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Necessity of existing foreign postings to reviewed. <br /><br />The devil is in the detail and implementation of ideas. India wishes NACIL a speedy recovery. <br /><br />The author is Managing Consultant Surya Consulting.<br /><br />