CEO wrong, didn't sack in September: Jet

New Delhi: Jet Airways spokesperson on Wednesday said that company had not sacked 1,000 persons in September and the correct position was that over 800 employees of subsidiary Jetlite were offered absorption into parent company or a voluntary separation scheme.
Asked about Jet Airways CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer's comments on the official website: "On the staff numbers we have reduced the headcount in September by further 1,000 entries and now able to synergise the operations between Jet and Jetlite", the spokesperson said, "the information is incorrect".
"The Q2 (second quarter) communication CEO is referring to is Jetlite, where 824 employees were either offered an absorption into Jet Airways for Jetlite operation or a voluntary separation scheme," Jet Airways Vice-President Corporate Communication Ragini Chopra said on phone from Mumbai.
"Of thee 457 were absorbed in Jet Airways and the rest took a VSS," she clarified.
10/12/08 Express India

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