Unhappy with the declining efficiency standards at the loss-making
Air India (AI), aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati has, in a
first-of-its-kind action, issued detailed guidelines on how the airline
should be run.
“Delays on account of tardy passengers are not acceptable. Monthly reports of all delayed flights with reasons should be submitted to this office,” said the guidelines issued to AI. Ministers, MPs and other VIPs often hold up flights as they arrive late.
Raju also wants AI to bring the average age of its cabin crew “on par with the best competing airlines for ensuring quicker service and lesser delays”. The average age, sources said, would be around 35. Older cabin crew will have to be shifted to ground operations.
Then, the minister wants “surplus” staff in AI to be redeployed
in organisations within the aviation ministry such as Airport Authority
of India and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security – a move that could turn
AI, which is highly overstaffed, into a lean company. Sources said the
ministry wants around 7,000 employees to be shifted out of AI.
REad news in full Tushar Srivastava, Hindustan Times New Delhi, August 14, 2014
“Delays on account of tardy passengers are not acceptable. Monthly reports of all delayed flights with reasons should be submitted to this office,” said the guidelines issued to AI. Ministers, MPs and other VIPs often hold up flights as they arrive late.
Raju also wants AI to bring the average age of its cabin crew “on par with the best competing airlines for ensuring quicker service and lesser delays”. The average age, sources said, would be around 35. Older cabin crew will have to be shifted to ground operations.
REad news in full Tushar Srivastava, Hindustan Times New Delhi, August 14, 2014
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