No termination of Alliance Airlines' cabin crew: minister

New Delhi: The cabin crew of Alliance Airlines will not be terminated though its Boeing aircraft will be used as freighters, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel informed Rajya Sabha today.
“Alliance Airlines’ staff strength has come down as its domestic and international role has reduced and that of Air India has increased.
“In the larger interest of employees, we have made an arrangement where they can work for Air India. It is a fair arrangement in their interest,” he said adding around 45 cabin crew working on Alliance Airlines’ Boeing aircraft have been redeployed so as not to terminate their services.
Patel said during the Question Hour that the aim of the ministry was to bring all staffers under same set of rules.
15/12/09 Press Trust of India/Business Standard