The article discusses the bossy attitude of the captain... in another crash (Airblue Flight 202 [1]) had a similar crash, again because of the bossy attitude of the captain, resulting in a crash into the hills. Asian respect culture creates a toxic environment where disagreeing with elders/superiors is nigh impossible, resulting in various issues.<p>The article also mentions the skills issue, or lack thereof. The overall problem is simple, Pakistan is facing a massive outflow of talent, anybody with any skill tries their level best to just escape (including yours truly), which means that you are left with the dregs.<p>Infact, specifically of the PIA lights to Canada, flight crew just running away after landing has become such an issue that it has become increasingly difficult to staff flights.<p>Overall, Pakistan as an economy is facing massive loss of confidence, and PIA as a govt owned organisation, is representative of that. Compounded by the fact that the govt has attempted multiple times to privatise it and has failed due to bureaucratic issues.<p>There are rumours that the current hybrid regime has finally realised the upcoming wall we are going to crash into, and finally realised they just <i>must</i> privatise a lot of govt owned entities... but at such a terrible state, who will buy them?<p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airblue_Flight_202" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airblue_Flight_202</a>