CHENNAI: Good Samaritans on social media — small and large businessmen — rose to the occasion on Friday and started to post job offers for employees of Jet Airways. Nearly 22,000 Jet employees are at risk of losing their livelihood after the beleaguered airline, facing headwinds on the funding front, was forced to halt all operations “temporarily”.
While SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh has offered jobs to 100 pilots, more than 200 cabin crew and over 200 technical and airport staff, a publishing company owner (tweeting as @ksmkkbookscom) from Chennai offered to recruit two Jet Airways employees to man his customer support functions. Others included a PR firm and a modelling agency.
“As we expand and grow, we are giving first preference to those who have recently lost their jobs due to the unfortunate closure of Jet Airways,” Singh said.
