Accordingly Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh puri has reassured air India's employees that the passenger carrier will remain operational till its privatisation process is complete, one of the airline's unions said on Thursday.Puri was speaking at a meeting with air India's employees' unions in New delhi on Thursday. Meanwhile the indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA), one of the unions which was present in the meeting, said that all the unions opposed privatisation, but the minister stated that the government does not have funds to infuse into air India.
Furthermore puri, the union said, said that air india will run till its privatisation and requested all the unions to cooperate towards the process. Further according to the ICPA, the minister expressed his displeasure over pilots and engineers demanding the government-owned airline to waive off their notice period. Apparently he said pilots and engineers are required to run the airline, the union added.
Moreover last week, the ICPA in a letter to puri said "It is unfair for the government of india to keep us bonded with the notice period while we are not being paid on time and our dues are not cleared." Perhaps Union home minister amit shah heads the panel looking after the divestment process. Its other members include Finance minister nirmala sitharaman, Commerce and Railway minister piyush goyal and the Civil Aviation Minister.
