Air India- absolutely shocking!

There was a time when one used to take pride in flying by Air India...Well no longer so.

It is in a bad shape financially and requires transfusion of tax payers money every now and then.

But look what I discovered- the entitlement of CMD/MD for free travel by Air India:

"CMD/MD: Family entitled to unlimited free passages.

On retirement annual entitlement is:
24 passages on domestic network and 24 passages on international network in First Class for family."

If deceased:
12 annual passages on domestic and 12 on international for family in First Class.

Just to give some idea of the amount of money involved- a First Class New Delhi-New York- New Delhi ticket on Air India is priced at Rs. 396038 or say Rs 4 lakhs!. Now do the arithmetic!

This has nothing to do with pensionary benefits.

But hey its my money- Indian tax payers money.

The only other example I can think of, and this needs cross checking, is the army, where even after the retirement the pensioner continues to get free rations...

To take an extreme example, imagine a Director of Horticulture's family being entitled to 100 kgs of mangoes 6 times a year from the government orchards- while he is in service and the same besides the pension- even after the retirement or death of the Director....

Is there any logic in this benevolence of Air-India?

Dont ask me!

Blank nothingness- before birth and after death

I expect death to take me to a blank nothingness - something like what was before my birth - blank nothingnes... ... I would rather keep the so-called 'God' out of it...