A day after the Marine Drive police booked a man who claimed to be the general secretary of the Air India Cabin Crew Association (AICCA), over a letter he sent out about the airline’s charter flight operations during the lockdown, the AICCA categorically clarified on Thursday that the accused, KVJ Rao, was not a member of the association, and in fact, had been terminated from Air India Services in 2014.
“Merely because someone claims to be the self-proclaimed GS of a Union does not make it so. Incidentally the letter referred to and circulated publicly was also written in the personal capacity by this person,” Sanjay Lazar, General Secretary of the AICCA, said in statement issued on Thursday.
“The AICCA is a 50 year old union, and the rules only permit full time permanent serving Cabin Crew employees as its office bearers. The undersigned (Lazar) is the General Secretary of the AICCA and continues to be so, until fresh elections,” the statement added.
Stating that crew and all Air India staff were “going above and beyond the call of duty during these trying times”, Lazar said, “Air India crew have been flying relief missions to bring home our stranded Indian brethren from all parts of the globe including Wuhan , Haneda, Milan, Rome etc and received praise from none other than our Honourable Prime Minister.”
In his letter, Rao had questioned Air India's decision to operate charter flights amidst the lockdown. In its complaint lodged with the police, the airline claimed that his letter created panic among his staff and disrupted operations. Air India has decided to operate 18 charter flights to Germany, France, Ireland and Canada in order to send back their stranded nationals.
16/04/20 FreePressJournal
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“Merely because someone claims to be the self-proclaimed GS of a Union does not make it so. Incidentally the letter referred to and circulated publicly was also written in the personal capacity by this person,” Sanjay Lazar, General Secretary of the AICCA, said in statement issued on Thursday.
“The AICCA is a 50 year old union, and the rules only permit full time permanent serving Cabin Crew employees as its office bearers. The undersigned (Lazar) is the General Secretary of the AICCA and continues to be so, until fresh elections,” the statement added.
Stating that crew and all Air India staff were “going above and beyond the call of duty during these trying times”, Lazar said, “Air India crew have been flying relief missions to bring home our stranded Indian brethren from all parts of the globe including Wuhan , Haneda, Milan, Rome etc and received praise from none other than our Honourable Prime Minister.”
In his letter, Rao had questioned Air India's decision to operate charter flights amidst the lockdown. In its complaint lodged with the police, the airline claimed that his letter created panic among his staff and disrupted operations. Air India has decided to operate 18 charter flights to Germany, France, Ireland and Canada in order to send back their stranded nationals.
16/04/20 FreePressJournal
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