The opposition of employees of Nacil to the new ground-handling policy, reached its peak when some of them allegedly roughed up an executive of SATS.
The opposition of employees of National Aviation Company Limited (Nacil), a merged firm of Air India and Indian, to the new ground-handling policy, reached its peak when some of them allegedly roughed up an executive of Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited (SATS).
Under the new ground-handling policy, Nacil has to form a joint venture with SATS, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, to carry out ground-handling at six major airports in the country.
On December 18, around 11 am, a heated exchange of words led to an altercation between SATS chief operating officer (COO) Karamjeet Singh and Nacil employees. According to sources, Singh had come to Air India’s ground service department (GSD) building at gate number 5. At least 400 Nacil employees were holding a demonstration in front of the gate at the time, opposing the new ground-handling policy.
“Some people entered the GSD building from the back entrance and went to the second floor, where a meeting was being held. They opposed the meeting and a heated argument took place between them and Singh. They caught his collar and pushed him around,” says an Aviation Industry Employee Guild member.
“Last week also, we had warned SATS officials that whatever meeting they wanted to hold, they could do so outside Air India premises. Still, the COO came here today,” he added.
However, no police complaint was filed in the case. “We know that a protest was held by Air India employees near gate number 5 of the GSD building, but no police complaint has been registered,” said Dilip Patil, senior PI, Sahar police station.
When contacted, a spokesperson for Air India said “no comments”.
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