New Delhi/Mumbai: A day after national carrier Air India's chief operating officer Gustav Baldauf resigned, company officials said Tuesday his quitting will not affect the embattled airlines' turnaround plans.
'It is true that he was brought in for the turnaround plans, but his departure won't have any bearings on the plan which will be considered by the board sometime this month,' a senior Air India official, who did not wish to be identified, told IANS from Mumbai.
According to him, Baldauf was given a show-cause notice last week over his comments in which he alleged that the government was excessively interfering in his job.
'He had problems in adjusting to the environment in which a public sector company like Air India works; we have many considerations while running it like unions, and seeking permissions from the government,' the official said.
Air India last year hired four officials on key positions on exorbitant salary scale for an airline in financial trouble, including Baldauf, who had earlier worked with Jet Airways and Austrian Airlines, to work on and implement the turnaround plan for the cash-strapped airline.
Baldauf, further recommended hiring of chief training officer Stephen Sukumar and Capt. Pawan Arora, chief operating officer of the company's low-cost international arm Air India Express. Both have recently left Air India.
Baldauf was appointed at an annual salary package of Rs.3 crore to implement a three-year turnaround plan.
Meanwhile, the aviation ministry is likely to set up a committee to look into the human resources issues of the airline.
01/03/11 IANS/Sify.com
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