Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan addressed severe flight disruptions caused by inhumane rostering. Pilots protested due to ATC delays, bird hits, and maintenance activities. Operations have now stabilized despite challenges in merging with AI.
NEW DELHI: Vinod Kannan, CEO of Vistara, stated on Thursday that “the worst is behind us and we have stabilised our” Following severe flight at the beginning of this month due to issues such as its cruel rostering, which protesters protested by reporting sick in large numbers. Kannan acknowledged the pilots’ legitimate complaints in an internal newsletter to staff members, stating: “(ATC delays, bird hits, and maintenance activities were among the reasons for disruptions.) We were overextended in our pilot, and our resistance was insufficient to endure injections that we would have otherwise survived.
We need to have done a better job of planning. We will go over everything we learned from this event in detail.There is intense anxiety among staff members over the upcoming merger of low-cost AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India) into Air India Express, which is proceeding without a hitch as the former’s staff members realize this is the only way to survive.
Kannan must alleviate the worries of Vistara personnel and make sure the merger occurs by the end of the year as smoothly and painlessly as possible. This includes complete service carriers’ integration. The problems with Vistara earlier this month have demonstrated that navigating the minefield of airline mergers and acquisitions in India, where former AI-Indian Airlines, Jet-Sahara, and Kingfisher-Deccan mergers are located, will not be simple.
This article is originally published by timesofindia.
