NAIA - House probe sought for 'the world's worst airport'

[Englishman2010]

TBH I wasn't shocked by NAIA when I first arrived in The Philippines, it was better than I had imagined, but that's because I've travelled all over India, and the airports there are much worse. I'm sure it's a bit of a shock if your only experience of international airports are LAX, JFK, LHR, DXB, HKG or SIN ...etc

[lastlid]

I have flown into the widest range of terminals possible across a number of countries and went through NAIA with an open mind. But having seen the domestic terminal my thoughts are simply that there should be no reason why a similar standard cant apply to the international terminal, particularly as the money is rolling in through taxes. Things that irked me included the corruption, what I perceived was the potential corruption when my wife was about to fly to the UK 3 weeks ago and the fact that you cant get into the building without presenting a ticket or similar. If for some reason you don't have that bit of paper or the security guard doesn't like the look of you and you need to get into the building for any number of reasons (maybe you want your mum / bro / bf/gf etc to wait for you while you check in in case there is a problem) then you are stuffed......

The domestic terminal proves it can be done in Manila......

[Englishman2010]

The domestic terminal proves it can be done in Manila......

Anything can be done if there is a genuine will to do it. However, let's not kid ourselves, we all know that corruption is rife at all levels of business and politics in the Phil's. Whatever congress and politicians say, that isn't going to change anytime within the next few decades.
Sure the corruption makes us Puti's angry, but they aren't going to change for our benefit. That's not to say that I agree with it, but it's not anything we can much about. Normal Filipino's need to do something about it and make a stand, the politicians might eventually listen if they make enough noise, but then again, they'll probably just brush it under the carpet as they always do The Phil's is corrupt, we all know that, there's no point getting upset about it, we just have to let them get on with it and keep our eyes wide open when we go there or transact any business there.