Aviation India: Careers: Jet Airways sacks 60 cabin crew

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Friday, May 01, 2009

Jet Airways sacks 60 cabin crew

Mumbai: Jet Airways, India's largest private airline, laid off 60 of its cabin crew members late on Thursday night. The dismissed crew members were part of the group of 850, who were laid off in October last year, only to be taken back the very next day by airline chairman Naresh Goyal.
"This time it did not come as a shock as the fear of being laid off hung like a sword over our heads after last year's high drama,'' said a cabin crew member. "Going strictly by our employment contract, most of us were eligible for our confirmation letters as we had completed our six months with the airlines, '' he added.
Confirming the development, a Jet Airways spokesperson said the airline had undertaken additional measures to streamline cost to improve its financial health under the current challenging global economic environment. "The airline has issued notices of termination to some crew members on probation in accordance with their terms of contract and in compliance with the law,'' said the official without revealing the number of employees laid off.
The airline said it would provide information like name and contact details of the dismissed personnel to other carriers interested in recruitments.
01/05/09 Manju V/Times of India

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