AI’s chief training officer set to resign

Air India Ltd may lose a second key hire made as part of its turnaround plan, with chief training officer Stefan Sukumar set to step down this week amid controversy over recruitments made by chief operating officer Gustav Baldauf, the Austrian appointed to helm the state-run carrier’s recovery.
This comes soon after the departure of Pawan Arora, chief operating officer of the airline’s low-fare subsidiary Air India Express, on 11 February.
Sukumar is to submit his resignation this week and has written to the management to relieve him from his duties, according to two top Air India executives, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Both Sukumar and Arora were appointed on 28 September, despite objections raised by the airline’s board, as reported by Mint on 29 September.
“Sukumar had decided to give up with the increased turbulence in Air India. With DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) asking for documents to support his flying hours and ongoing controversies, Sukumar has decided to move on. He may return to Lufthansa,” said one of the Air India executives cited above.
21/02/11 P.R. Sanjai/Live Mint

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