INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jet Airways is struggling with a debt of more than $1.2 billion.Cash-strapped Jet Airways' chief executive officer, Vinay Dube, told the
Mr Dube comes at a time the airline owes money to its lessors, suppliers, pilots and oil companies
secure an interim funding from its lenders
convince the consortium of Indian banks (led by State Bank of India) to release some funds for our employees, while continuing to support
the bank led bid process for Jet Airways
We have told them repeatedly that our employees are facing grave hardships owing to non-payment of their salaries and that if this were to
continue any longer, our employees will have no option but to find employment elsewhere
Unfortunately, the banks have said that they are unable to make any salary commitments, if at all, until after the bidding process is
We face this reality despite our best efforts to portray the very real suffering that is being endured by each one of you.While on the one
hand, we are being told to preserve the value of Jet Airways during the bid process, on the other hand, with no salary payment, some of our
colleagues, who are the very fabric and value of this airline, have no choice but to find employment elsewhere
When we highlight the disappointing irony of this situation to the lenders, we are simply told that this problem is to be addressed by the
Company's shareholders, who should and could have agreed on a Resolution Plan a long time ago.Separately, there have been considerable
deliberations in the various Board meetings regarding the availability of emergency funding from the Promoter and Strategic Shareholder for
payment of salary arrears, with no favourable outcome
We have, as a unified Jet Airways team, also approached the Government at the highest levels to seek intervention and assistance in our
situation and that too has not yielded positive results thus far.While we will continue to support the Lender led bid process in our effort
to leave no stone unturned, it pains us to communicate that no clarity or commitment on salaries has been provided by any of our
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