Govt to replace AI-IA CMD Raghu Menon

New Delhi: In a surprise move, the government has started the hunt for a new Air India-Indian Airlines CMD to replace Raghu Menon, the current CMD, who has still two years to go. Menon, an IAS officer of 1974 batch, was appointed CMD last April.
Cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar is scheduled to have a meeting of search committee with heads of other ministries on Friday to finalise the chairman of Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) and now finding Menon's successor has also been added to this meeting's agenda.
The move to begin search for a new AI CMD has been kept secret as the mega airline is struggling to get over merger issues, especially with distrust running deep between former AI and IA employees. "The merger has been only on paper. At a time like this, the news that the government is trying to get a new head for AI would just send a message to worried employees that the owner (the state) is struggling to find someone to run the airline," said sources.
Aviation secretary M M Nambiar will also attend Friday's meeting with the cabinet secretary. According to sources, Menon might be appointed head of AERA. While he had applied for the post first time round, the government had called for applications for the post again and that time he did not reapply.
24/04/09 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: NACIL Apr 2009