Air India today has announced to not lay off any employees like other airlines in India. The carrier also said that the “flying crew will be paid according to the actual number of hours flown.”
The decision came after the Air India board had met the officials of civil aviation ministry.”Recent decisions of Air India Board regarding rationalization of staff cost were reviewed in a meeting at @MoCA_goi this evening.The meeting reiterated that unlike other carriers which have laid off large number of their employees, no employee of Air India will be laid off,” Air India tweeted today.
The airlines said basic salary and allowances linked to it like industrial dearness allowance (IDA) and house rent allowance (HRA) will remain unchanged.