Dharmadhikari panel submits report on AI merger to govt

New Delhi: Almost five years after the merger of two state-run airlines, a report on integration of about 29,000 employees of unified Air India, including pilots, cabin crew and engineers, was submitted to the Civil Aviation Ministry today.
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice D M Dharmadhikari, who headed a four-member committee, submitted the report to Civil Aviation Minister Mr Ajit Singh here.
“They have submitted the report today. We will examine it,” Mr Singh told PTI.
Asked whether there was any timeline for its implementation, the Minister said, “They have just submitted the report. It is a very complicated issue. They have deliberated over the last six months on this. It’s more than 100 pages and there are so many people involved in it — the pilots, the other people in the airline management. The Ministry will examine the report and then do whatever that needs to be done.” Though details of the report were not available immediately, the Dharmadhikari Committee is understood to have made several recommendations on critical issues like career progression, integration across various cadres, rationalisation of their pay scale, allowances and incentives and overall restructuring of the entire staff of the erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India.
31/01/12 PTI/Business Line

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