The National Aviation Company Ltd, which runs Air India, today named Gustav Baldauf as its chief operating officer.
The All India Cabin Crew Association, claiming to represent 2,500 cabin crew of Air India, said: "While we bear Capt Gustav Baldauf no ill-will at all, it is tragic that the airline that was built by one of the world's legendary aviators, Bharat Ratna J R D Tata, must today be saved by a foreigner, whose only link to India seems to be Jet Airways."
Air India's appointment and removal of three senior officers was a circus all the way.
Gustav Baldauf has complained about government interference in day-to-day operations.
The plan for 2010-14 envisages revenue enhancement and expenditure reduction over different phases, airline sources said.
Being given the soft option of resigning suggests he was being sheltered by top management but the government got rid of him for the wrong reasons.
In the 18 months that Arvind Jadhav has been the chairman of state-owned Air India, he has faced more than one crisis.
As per 2009 estimates, two major expenditure verticals were fuel cost, with 34.2 per cent, and staff cost, with 16.2 per cent.
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