Post-merger, A-I, IA to hire new advisor

Mumbai: Post-merger, Air India and Indian Airlines will hire a change management consultant to enable the employee adapt with new working environment and reorient themselves to deliver better performance.
Air India Chairman and Managing Director Vasudevan Thulasidas said the combined entity will have a change management consultant which will enable employees to be IT-savvy.
Air India has shortlisted two IT majors TCS and IBM.
Air India now has 15,500 employees while Indian Airlines has 18,000 with a combined fleet of 122. “Though the merged entity will be over-staffed, the expansion in the fleet from 90 to 122 will absorb the surplus human resources,” sources said.
Industry sources said while Air India had finalised wage negotiations with its employee unions, Indian Airlines was in talks with a few of unions for revising the wages.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel had earlier said that the merger would involve no retrenchment, no cuts or losses in pay scale, perks or allowances.
23/02/07 P R Sanjai/Business Standard

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