New Delhi: Exasperated by Air India's unending flight delays and very poor on time performance (OTP), the government has passed an unprecedented order to deduct payment of any employee who reports late and consequentially forces a delayed take off. This order is effective from Sunday (February 1).
Issued by aviation secretary V Somasundaran, the order covers pilots, cabin crew, engineering staff (if they make aircraft available for flight late), ground handlers and even in-flight catering suppliers.
This is incidentally Somasundaran's second order within a week. He had earlier directed AI to hire 800 cabin crew to mitigate delays caused by a crippling crew shortage.
"Secretary (aviation) has noted that flight delays are causing monetary losses besides loss of reputation to AI. (He has directed that) accountability for delays has to be fixed... In case of delays on account of late reporting by cabin crew, pilots or delays on account of engineering/ground handling personnel or late catering by caterers, the loss would be recovered from them," AI ED operations, Captain A K Govil, said in a circular issued last Friday.
02/02/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
Issued by aviation secretary V Somasundaran, the order covers pilots, cabin crew, engineering staff (if they make aircraft available for flight late), ground handlers and even in-flight catering suppliers.
This is incidentally Somasundaran's second order within a week. He had earlier directed AI to hire 800 cabin crew to mitigate delays caused by a crippling crew shortage.
"Secretary (aviation) has noted that flight delays are causing monetary losses besides loss of reputation to AI. (He has directed that) accountability for delays has to be fixed... In case of delays on account of late reporting by cabin crew, pilots or delays on account of engineering/ground handling personnel or late catering by caterers, the loss would be recovered from them," AI ED operations, Captain A K Govil, said in a circular issued last Friday.
02/02/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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