AI meet may be a stormy affair

New Delhi: Crisis-ridden Air India is likely to witness a stormy board meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The airline management's decision to continue with Pawan Arora as the chief operating officer of Air India Express despite the board recommending his removal last November is likely to spark some serious fireworks.
Before the board meet, aviation minister Praful Patel will review the airline's functioning and he will meet the independent directors too, who are not learnt to be happy with the way the compnay is being run. The board will consider AI's demand to lease 10 Airbus A-330s and an equal number of A-320s and its overall restructuring plan.
But given the airline's stand on Arora-known to be close to Air India COO Gustav Baldauf-this issue could well dominate the proceedings. Arora's removal was recommended after the board found some of the things he had claimed in his resume were not found to be true.
"The board recommendation should have been accepted. The government is pumping money to save Air India and the management should not adopt such a stand," said a top ministry source.
19/01/11 Times of India

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