Air India Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav will be given marching orders very soon, even "in a day", as the government tries to set its house in order with the ailing national carrier going into deep red.
"Present CMD is going. And definitely we will make the appointment of the new person along with that. It is a matter of [time]... It can be earlier or in a day," Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said today after the government came in for flak in the Lok Sabha on the airline's precarious financial condition.
Ravi, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Parliament House, also announced that three new Directors would be inducted in the Air India Board very soon for Personnel, Marketing and Finance departments.
"We can't wait for long and Air India has its own problems. I narrated in a statement [in the Lok Sabha]. We will make all the efforts. Even though they [Opposition] may criticise, I know I have the full support of parlimentarians," he said.
Observing that there was lack of senior people to head the airline, Ravi said he has informed the Prime Minister about it.
"So a full-fledged board will come and also executive directors from the industry will also come. So everything will be streamlined," he said, adding, "Definitely we will do everything possible, look into every aspect... And we will make the Air India revive as fast as I can".
