Mumbai: The Air India management's handling of the current crisis has caused concern among a section of employees, who blame the problem on key posts in the merged airline being held by officials of the erstwhile Indian Airlines.
"The ongoing pilots' strike has sent the message that it helps to be from the erstwhile IA," said a spokesperson of the Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG), a union that represents around 10,000 employees of the erstwhile AI. Former IA officials holding key posts in the merged airline include Vineeta Bhandari (executive director, integration cell and industrial relations), Deepa Mahajan (ED, personnel) and Deepak Brara (director, commercial and corporate affairs). "Two of our office-bearers, for safety reasons, had refused to do overtime. On April 16, they were suspended. In my 25 years in AI, I have not seen such drastic action being taken over such a minor matter," the AIEG spokesperson said.
15/05/12 Manju V/Times of India
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