Air India staff raps mgmt for breaching norms

New Delhi: Senior Cabin crew members of Tata-owned Air India Express (AIX) have voiced concerns over alleged breach of code of conduct by the company and sought the Union Civil Aviation Ministry’s intervention in the matter.

Senior staff claim that they are facing mental harassment and abrupt contract reductions, raising doubts about the airline’s management practices.

“As per the latest employment letter issued by the management, cabin crew members are not permitted to take part of any trade union activities. This decision has been made to break the unity and stop Union work in the name of Air India Express Employees Union registered under BMS,” reads the letter sent by the AIX employees union to Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.

The letter further claims that as per the recent decision taken by the HR team led by Anjali Chatterjee, contracts of four cabin crew members did not recommend for renewal without any reason of justification. The decision has been taken after conducting the assessment programme for contract renewal even after fulfilling all parameter’s stipulated by management, the union claimed. “Nine numbers of cabin crew contracts were curtailed from five years to one and other members of the cabin crew received three years tenure. There was no transparency maintained in the communication,” the union said.