AI pilots up in arms against Patel, Jadhav

Chennai: The Minister of Civil Aviation Praful Patel and Air India chief Arvind Jadhav seem to be in trouble with pilots urging President Pratibha Patil to initiate an enquiry against both for `actively conniving’ with vested interests to shut down the airline which would ultimately benefit private carriers.
The pilot members of the Indian Commercial Pilot’s Association (ICPA) and senior executive pilots had carried out a protest march in New Delhi on Thursday from Jantar Mantar to Parliament after which three representatives _ Capt Shailendar Singh, Capt V K Bhalla and Capt Shiraz Faroqui _ represented their case to Parliament officials.
In the representation, ICPA has literally laid a charge sheet against Patel and Jadhav accusing them of acting in an autocratic manner and taking many anti-employee decisions which have ultimately demoralised the staff and paved the way for the fall of the airline.
“Mr. Patel has carried out his pre-planned assault on AI and IA by forcing AI to increase its fleet order through a completely unjustified sale and lease back process of fully depreciated aircraft of AI and IA and robbing AI and IA of their land assets in Mumbai and Delhi apart from giving foreign airlines a disproportionate access in the Indian market,” pilots alleged in the letter.
20/11/09 Mamta Todi/ExpressBuzz

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Categories: Air India Domestic Nov 2009, NACIL Nov 2009