Mumbai: Contractual hirings will be the new norm at Air India. The carrier has put a freeze on hirings since it merged with Indian Airlines in 2007. Barring certain roles that require statutory compliance, policy-making decisions, managerial positions, tendering roles and other senior jobs, recruitment for most front-line staff, including pilots, cabin crew and non-skilled workers, will be based on contracts, sources said.
The decision to hire employees on contract was taken during the company's board meeting in May 2012. However, so far, no hiring has been done on that basis.
Air India, which expects deliveries of five Dreamliners between May and November, will need to induct cabin crew. Therefore, contractual appointments could be looked at. However, the tenure of the contracts hasn't been decided yet. “We can have contracts for five years, extendable by another five years at a time,” a source said. The airline is formulating a policy for this.
“As of now, we are comfortable with the existing number of pilots and cabin crew, especially for Dreamliners. But we could hire cabin crew in the near future though it's highly unlikely that we will hire more pilots,” an official added.
22/04/14 Rhik Kundu/Financial Express
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The decision to hire employees on contract was taken during the company's board meeting in May 2012. However, so far, no hiring has been done on that basis.
Air India, which expects deliveries of five Dreamliners between May and November, will need to induct cabin crew. Therefore, contractual appointments could be looked at. However, the tenure of the contracts hasn't been decided yet. “We can have contracts for five years, extendable by another five years at a time,” a source said. The airline is formulating a policy for this.
“As of now, we are comfortable with the existing number of pilots and cabin crew, especially for Dreamliners. But we could hire cabin crew in the near future though it's highly unlikely that we will hire more pilots,” an official added.
22/04/14 Rhik Kundu/Financial Express
