The AI Job Fiasco

As if a two-month delay in salary and four-month delay in payment of productivity-linked incentive (PLI — a huge component of any Air India officials’ salary) were not enough for the already demoralised employees of national carrier Air India (AI), the management is yet to streamline the career progression (promotions and postings) of the employees in the merged entity.
In the absence of a well laid out career progression policy, some AI officials, who otherwise have three-year tenure at any foreign station, are continuing for five years, while those in queue for foreign station posting are being denied their chance.
The Air India Officers’ Association — a body of officers working with the erstwhile AI — in a letter to Rohit Nandan, CMD of Air India Limited, on December 27, said, “The cream of foreign-station postings have been allocated to officers of erstwhile Indian Airlines (IA) with dual benefits (salary and PLI) and officers from erstwhile IA gone for foreign station postings has completed their tenure has not been called back till date, which is loss for the person who is in queue for the foreign posting (sic).”
According to sources, there are several posts that have been occupied by erstwhile IA officials who are continuing in the posting despite their tenure having ended about two years ago.
30/12/11 Samiran Saha/Tehelka.com

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Categories: Air India Dec 2011, Foreign Dec 2011