Safety, profitability top priorities: Air India CEO designate - The Times of India
"Safety, reliability, profitability and pursuing disciplined and sustainable growth." Air India's CEO and MD (proposed) Tewolde Gebremariam on Monday set these priorities out for the struggling airline group in his first Town Hall with employees. Apart from widening losses, AI's safety practices and alleged lack of discipline among crew are under the scanner since last June's Ahmedabad crash and then the recent case of a badly rattled Phuket-Delhi flight whose pilot-in-command was subsequently sacked for failing dope test on arrival.