Streamlining ops: Air India offers VRS, 3K staff eligible

In an attempt to bring in efficiency in its functioning, Tata Group-owned Air India has announced a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for permanent employees, who have completed 55 years of age or 20 years of continuous service with the airline. This move will help the airline let go about 3,000 employees.

Additionally, for some cabin crew, clerical and unskilled staffers, the VRS eligibility age has been relaxed from 55 years to 40 years. “An ex-gratia amount will also be provided to the aforementioned employees, who apply for Voluntary Retirement from 1st June 2022 to 31st July 2022 as a one-time benefit,” according to an order signed by Air India chief human resources officer Suresh Dutt Tripathi dated June 1. However, there is no such provision for pilots, and as airlines expand,