Pilots stay in 5-star hotels at AI's expense

Mumbai: Going against norms chalked out for cost-cutting , pilots of Air India based in Delhi have been appointed for managerial jobs in Mumbai. They stay in five-star hotels, which even the directors of the airline are not privileged to and the fat bills are left to the airline to foot.
`For the last three months from July 10 onwards , two Delhi based executive pilots have been staying at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on the pretext of office work,'' said an airline official . Considering an average of about 20-day stay per month (other days they would be operating flights) and the rebate offered to the airline on room tariff, the monthly bill, per official, works out to Rs 1.4 lakh.
`At a time when salaries are payed after much delay, it is questionable why the airline spends Rs 3 lakh per month to accommodate Capt Rohit Bhasin, additional GM (crew scheduling) and Capt A Singh (additional general manager, training) in Mumbai. There are several qualified pilots based in Mumbai who can do the jobs that the airline has got these Delhi-based pilots to do,'' said the source.
03/11/10 Manju V/Times of India

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