PRINCELY CMDs FOR INDIAN AIRLINES

Former Indian Airlines CMD Shri Vishwapati Trivedi in his letter of 12.12.2007 addressed to Union Civil Aviation Ministry has revealed shocking information under RTI Act:

Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Indian Airlines (now merged with Air India) is privileged for princely facility of unlimited free passes for his entire family where definition of ‘family’ is extended to include even brothers, sisters, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, apart from spouse, children and parents.

In his letter, Shri Vishwapati Trivedi while justifying his 121 free family-passes of the public-sector airliner has revealed that similar facility is enjoyed by Chairman of Railway Board. It is beyond understanding what benefit Indian Airlines or Indian Railways get by such freebies for their family-members with enlarged definition of ‘family’!

Union Civil Aviation Ministry should not only abolish such and other undesired expenses for personal benefits of CMDs of public-sector airlines, but should also question board-members passing such anti-public resolutions benefitting their CMDs.