Fearing for their jobs, the over a dozen employees and officers unions of Air India Monday came out strongly against the government’s second bid to sell the financially-crippled national carrier, union sources said after a meeting with the management. Acting quickly on the budget announcement, Air India chairman Ashwani Lohani had called on Friday itself called a meeting of all the 13 RPT 13 unions of the airline Monday to discuss the privatisation plan.
Showing its keenness to get out of the aviation business, which for many decades have been a big drain on public money, the budget for FY20 has set aside just a paltry Rs 1 lakh. Media reports Monday said, the government has set an October deadline to complete the process.
