Reportedly with the government firm on wanting to privatize debt-ridden Air india, it is facing opposition from employees over the fear of losing their jobs. Meanwhile the government had made its intentions very clear quite some time back that it wants to get out of running the airline, but has been facing difficulty in finding a buyer. Furthermore the speech by the Finance Minister as part of her budget presentation in the Parliament last week and there has been no specific budgetary provision made for the carrier either.
Further as a follow up to this, Air india Chairman called in the representatives of the employee unions, all 13 of them for a discussion. The unions appear to have told the management that they are willing to offer their support to keep the airline running in the public sector and to turn it around.
Moreover Air india unions that were represented at that meeting are the Air Corporation Employees Union, Air india Employees Union, Indian Airlines Technicians Association, All-india Aircraft Engineers Association, Indian Commercial Pilots Association, Indian Pilots Guild, Air india Aircraft Engineers Association, Air india Cabin Crew Association, Air india Engineers Association, Aviation Industry Employees Guild, All-india Service Engineers Association and the United Air india Officers Association .
