Air India staff unions express happiness over Tata Sons winning bid for airline

Several employee unions of Air India on Friday expressed happiness over the carriers earlier owner Tata Sons winning the bid to acquire the national carrierAfter a marathon disinvestment process which was reinitiated in January last year the government on Friday announced that Tata Sons winning bid of Rs 18000 crore was higher than the reserve price of Rs 12906 crore set by itWe are most happy to hear that it will be the Tata group that is taking us over We look forward to giving this company our best And in return we are sure that the Tata group will ensure that a mutually beneficial working relationship will be kindled over the years said a committee member of the Indian Pilots Guild the Boeing pilots union of Air IndiaSeparately the Guild in a tweet said GuildPilots is proud that airindiain is an airline founded by Indias first licensed pilot and that the airline is going back to theTata Group We look forward to being a part of the tatafamilyAlso read Tata Sons wins bid at Rs 18000 crore to take over Air IndiaThe Indian National Commercial Pilots Association ICPA the Airbus pilots body of Air India said it has great hopes from the new employerICPA General Secretary Praveen Keerthi said The Tata group is well known for taking care of its employees Even during the pandemic the employees of Vistara were better looked after than Air Indians We have great hopes from the new employer and are excited and apprehensive at the same timeKeerthi added that ICPA looks forward to meeting the new employer to take Air India to its former glory In this they have our complete supportThe All India Cabin Crew Association which claims to represent a majority of the cabin crew members in Air India said in a tweet it is a Gharwapasi for our great Airline historic aviation momentRohit Nandan Air Indias former chairman and managing director expressed hope that the airline is expected to be more professionally managed now with Tata Sons becoming its new ownerHe added that the people in Air India are quite happyAt least Air Indians will have better times ahead He said that the jobs of the pilots and engineers are secured It is the other categories who might have difficulty but I think the government must have made some provisions to see that their jobs are safe Nandan saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever