Mumbai: The Air India (AI) management 'succumbed' to political pressure on Thursday unconditionally revoking the termination of 12 hostess and a flight purser who had been sacked earlier this month for repeatedly reporting late or skipping duty leading to delayed or cancelled flights.
The decision to revoke the termination was taken after the Shiv Sena-backed breakaway faction of the All India Cabin Crew Association (AICCA) held a meeting with AI chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan in Mumbai on Thursday. According to officials, reversing the order is bound to be taken as assign of weakness and will make it more difficult to discipline erring staff in the loss-making national carrier, which is struggling to improve its efficiency.
Mail Today on March 7 reported that some members of Parliament from Mumbai cutting across party lines were pressuring AI to reinstate the hostesses and the purser. A top AI official had told this newspaper that most of the employees, especially the high- flying hostesses, are "very well-connected" and have been trying to pressure the management to revoke their termination.
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