New Delhi: In all likelihood, Air India's next chairman and MD could be another career bureaucrat. Despite making the right noises about infusing professionalism into the loss making airline, the government seems to be following the beaten path.
In a surprise move this evening, the Public Enterprises Selection Board declared all the three candidates it interviewed for the CMD's post unsuitable.
The PESB had earlier provided some hope for selection of the next Air India CMD on merit by rejecting the suggestion of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to straightaway appoint a search committee and appoint a career bureaucrat again as the airline's CMD.
So PESB's decision today is a step perhaps towards continuing interference by the ministry in day to day affairs at AI since it will now again get to appoint the CMD. Today's PESB panel comprised four members besides the civil aviation secretary as an observer. Is it possible that despite all these setbacks, the search committee which the ministry will now form will consider aviation professionals with a proven track record instead of hunting among bureaucrats once again? Seems doubtful.
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In a surprise move this evening, the Public Enterprises Selection Board declared all the three candidates it interviewed for the CMD's post unsuitable.
The PESB had earlier provided some hope for selection of the next Air India CMD on merit by rejecting the suggestion of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to straightaway appoint a search committee and appoint a career bureaucrat again as the airline's CMD.
So PESB's decision today is a step perhaps towards continuing interference by the ministry in day to day affairs at AI since it will now again get to appoint the CMD. Today's PESB panel comprised four members besides the civil aviation secretary as an observer. Is it possible that despite all these setbacks, the search committee which the ministry will now form will consider aviation professionals with a proven track record instead of hunting among bureaucrats once again? Seems doubtful.
03/03/15 First Post
