Now they had it…now they didn’t. Their jobs that is. I am talking of the 1900 odd staff at Jet Airways who received an early Diwali surprise – Pinkslips.

  

 

It’s indeed unfair the way the 1900 odd staff at Jet Airways was unceremoniously sacked and then reinstated. Mr. Naresh Goyal apparently had a change of heart…spent 2 sleepless nights…ya rite. Like we are fools here to believe it. Why on earth would he wait for 2 nights? Why didn’t he revoke the decision the moment he came to know about it? And he really thinks we believe him when he says this decision was taken in his absence since he does not involve himself in day-to-day operations? Is sacking 1900 employees a day-to-day affair for Jet? What kind of a company is it where such a big decision is taken without informing the Chairman?

 

Understandable that these are difficult times. Everyone is cost cutting, retrenching, etc. But there is a more humane way to do it. One should never forget that one could be in the same situation that one puts others in. Bible says, “do unto others as you would have them done unto you”. Did the management not spare a single thought towards these youngsters, their families? How cruel? I will definitely try and boycott Jet Airways going forward. I rather fly in a Spice or Go airlines where I pay for my water than fly Jet that makes its employees pay for my water.

 

Also though MNS was involved and threatened to not allow Jet airplanes to land or take off from Maharashtra, the truth is that the decision was not revoked because of MNS but because of pressure from the Aviation Minister, Praful Patel who asked Naresh Goyal to reinstate the retrenched employees or pay up the oil dues (almost 800 crores). So Raj Thackeray stop grinning like a Cheshire cat and forget your dreams of making an MNS union. Making hay while the sun shines doesn’t apply everywhere.