Air India top brass, independent directors on collision course

New Delhi: A fight is underway between the management and independent directors of Air India over the continuation of Pawan Arora as the chief operating officer of the low-cost Air India Express.
The directors had asked the management at a board meeting last month to relieve Arora of his duties. Two government nominees on the board had supported this decision. They had said that Arora’s pay packet was exorbitant and had also alleged that there were some discrepancies in his previous service record.
But till date, the Air India management has not acted on this decision and Arora continues to discharge functions as the COO of Air India Express.
Alarmed by the non-compliance, the civil aviation ministry has written a letter to Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav , asking him to sack Arora.
An official source confirmed that the letter was written on Monday and the airline management will have no option but to act on it soon.
Jadhav did not respond to a query on this issue.
A spokesperson of the carrier said he was “not aware of any such communication.”
In the past, airline sources have averred that the decision taken at the last board meeting was not binding since “the meeting itself was not conducted as per rules.
16/12/10 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis

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