At present, Air India offers eight first class, 35 business class and 195 economy class seats in its Boeing 777 200-LRs.
The company has dismissed 194 cabin crew and 11 pilots over past year for unauthorised absence and such reasons.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
There were many who had reposed faith in the Narendra Modi government for expeditious action but are today beginning to feel disillusioned, notes Jitender Bhargava.
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