Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Is Mallya’s personality a problem for Kingfisher Airlines?

It would be difficult to tell that Vijay Mallya is the owner of the troubled Kingfisher Airlines. While the chairman of the UB Group jets around the globe and son Sidhartha tweets about pub hour in London, the airline’s management has been unable to resolve the standoff with its employees. Is the Mallyas’ lifestyle a reason for the employees anger?
“His style is always ahead of his substance. I think this is a fundamental problem. At a time like this when you have a public display of apathy and ignorance it worries everyone. All his stakeholders are turning on him to say: Is this real?” public relations expert Dilip Cherian told CNN IBN .
However, according to SC Mishra, co-coordinator of the Kingfisher Employees Union in Delhi, the only person in the airline management they still trust is Mallya, despite him choosing to stay away from meeting them.
“We are out rightly rejecting his offer. We don’t have enough trust on the top management headed by Sanjay Agarwal and Hitesh Patel. But he said that they had some faith in Dr Mallya,” Mishra said.
23/10/12 First Post.com
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