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!
No comments:
Post a Comment