Patel feels sorry for sacked Jet staff

Hyderabad: Sympathising with the sacked Jet Airways employees, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today said he would hold talks with all airlines to find a way out of the downturn in the industry caused by high fuel costs and economic slowdown.
"I sympathize with those young boys and girls who lost their jobs. I will talk to all airlines to see that such large scale loss of jobs does not happen and try to find a way out," he told PTI here.
"At a personal level and also at the government level, I will tell the airline to accommodate as many people as possible," he said in a reply to question of Jet decision to sack 1,900 employees yesterday.
Patel said the sacking of Jet Airways employees was a labour issue and there were other departments and agencies in the government to deal with the issue.
However, he said there would be no retrenchment in Air India.
Patel maintained that the decision by individual airlines were being taken as they were facing a major financial crisis, primarily due to high fuel price.
"This has been happening in the airlines industry the world over. I have seen it in Australia, it is happening in the US, Europe and Asia," he said.
16/10/08 Amitabh Roychowdhury/Press Trust of India

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