Why Jet Airways? Why Not Kingfisher - The Biggest Lay-off in India

It is the biggest lay off India has ever witnessed.Airways that cost cutting would not affect jobs.
1900 employees of Jet Airways being terminated outCome October 14, 2008, the crew of Jet Airways
of the blue, has come as a rude shock. It is not easyhas been asked not to report to work from the
to get a job in the aviation sector which is alreadynext day.
seeing a crunch situation. The Naresh Goel-VijayIt is a shame that no written intimation has been
Mallya alliance has cost the employees of Jet Airwaysgiven. Most of the employees came to know about
dearly.the sad news of termination through television. How
The employees of Jet are distraught and theybad is that! Jet airways employees have been asked
suspect foul play by Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines.to leave with one month's basic salary and the
Why is it that only employees of Jet Airways havetraining fees have been refunded. But this is hardly a
been laid off and not Kingfisher Airlines when bothsolace. Many employees being assured of Jet
the airlines are facing losses? Though it is beenAirway's job security had taken home loans, car loans
stated on news that only the cabin crew who hasand had given other financial commitments only to be
been on probation (less than a year) have beenleft in a lurch. The case pleaded by Jet employees to
asked to leave, employees protest that even thelet them work as ground crew has also fallen into
experienced cabin crew have come under scanner.deaf eyes. The inside story Jet employees claim is
Just two months ago, the top management hadthe day is not far when Kingfisher Airlines will take
given a verbal assurance to the employees of Jetover Jet Airways.