INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The officers and employees union of the grounded Jet Airways on Thursday sought government intervention to avert a Kingfisher-like collapse
of the carrier, which could not take off after halting operations temporarily in October 2012
Alleging some "motives" behind the series of developments at the carrier, which eventually forced it to shutter services temporarily from
Wednesday night, Jet Airways Officers Staff Association president Kiran Pawaskar also demanded a probe, preferably by the national
down at the Mumbai airport early Thursday after departing from Amritsar
The country's oldest private airline flew its maiden flight nearly 26 years ago from the city airport to Ahmedabad as an air taxi
As many as 16,000 permanent employees don't have work today
I told the management that efforts should be made to resume operations as early as possible," Mr Pawaskar, who is also an NCP lawmaker, said
said the airline did not have an "answer" at present on the fate of its employees during the on-going stake sale process.The airline senior
management, pilots and engineers have not be been paid since January while the other categories of employees have also not received their
March salaries."Employees are ready to work
They are experts at what they do because they have been working for 25 years
We are not going to run away
requesting the Prime Minister's Office or finance ministry for the required funds
The consortium had rejected the airline's appeal for Rs 983 crore lifeline, of which Rs 240 alone were to be used to disburse the pending
Naresh Goyal stepped down from the airline two weeks ago -- the main condition of the lenders to lend more money
He also said none of the jobs are lost so far and that the employees will continue to claim salaries as long as they are with Jet
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