Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, Dec 24, 2002 |
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Human Resources Air India not to hire any more cabin crew now Ashwini Phadnis
NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 AIR India (AI) will be able to manage without hiring any additional cabin crew in the short term, but will have to look at hiring such staff eventually, official sources have said. "AI should be able to manage for the next six to eight months without any fresh cabin crew recruitments. However, after that, there could be some difficulties. But we are hopeful of completing the entire recruitment process within the next six-to-eight months, thereby ensuring that the impact on the airline is minimal," official sources said. AI was scheduled to hold written tests for hiring about 200 new recruits for cabin crew positions on December 15. However, the exercise had to be "deferred" at the last minute. The sources said the 200 new recruits were required to meet the existing crew requirements of the airline, especially as AI is to acquire more aircraft shortly. As regards future cabin crew recruitment, the sources indicated that this could be considered when the airline goes for acquisition of more aircraft. The airlines had last recruited new cabin crew staff in 1993-94 when the Boeing 747-400 aircraft joined the fleet of the airlines. Meanwhile, to overcome the present problem, the management has entered into an agreement with the Cabin Crew Association to ensure that the cabin crew increase their existing working hours. However, despite recording a slightly lower passenger load factor at the moment compared to the same period in the previous year, the airlines hopes to finish the year in the black. Officials were categorical in stating that the airline was reporting better financial results due to a host of internal decisions and not due to proceeds flowing in from the disinvestment of the airline hotel subsidiary, Hotel Corporation of India (HCI). The Government recently completed the divestment of HCI's Centaur hotels in Mumbai and Rajgir (Bihar).
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