No cash, but AI on hiring spree

New Delhi: Cash-strapped Air India is on a big ticket appointment spree. After hiring a COO for an annual package of over Rs 3 crore, the national carrier is all set to hire a COO (chief operating officer) for AI Express and three more senior officials for AI that could cost the Maharaja about Rs 4 crore every year.
The airline's board will meet here on Tuesday to discuss and possibly approve the appointment of Capt Pawan Arora as AI Express COO, former IBM executive Karan Khara as AI's chief strategy officer, Stefan Sukumar as chief training officer and Kamaljit Rattan as chief information officer. The merged Air India- Indian Airlines entity, National Aviation Company of India's human resources committee is learnt to have cleared three of these four names, including AI Express COO.
The new AI Express COO and AI's chief training officer are likely to get an annual package of Rs 1.2 crore each. AI's chief strategy and information posts could come with a package of Rs 95 lakh and Rs 48 lakh, respectively.
28/09/10 Times of India

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