AI panel to execute pilot pay report

New Delhi: Government-owned Air India has constituted a committee to implement the recommendations of the Dharmadhikari committee report on the pay and promotion structure of its staff. The panel has representation from personnel of the erstwhile Indian Airlines, now formally a part of AI, and the erstwhile Air India.
“The whole process of fixation of pay, level mapping and seniority is expected to be completed within six to eight weeks,” went an official statement.
direction of the civil aviation ministry. It includes Syed Nasir Ali, director in the ministry & officer on special duty to Air India, and three general managers in the airline — A J D’Souza, S N Bhattacharya and S U Shukla.
The Dharmadhikari panel was formed to recommend ways to resolve various issues between the personnel of the erstwhile IA and AI. The report, given this January, has been formally accepted by the ministry.
It has recommended the hugely loss-making airline cap all increments till it becomes operationally profitable. It has also said there is need to rationalise allowances paid to pilots of AI and the erstwhile IA. It has recommended various cost-cutting measures in this regard, such as on allowances and accommodation when abroad. Also, on curtailing benefits such as free tickets to kin of staffers.
23/06/12 Business Standard

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