Shutting down of Jet Airways left 16,000 people, including 1,350 pilots, jobless
Reportedly while other domestic as well as international airlines have hired some Jet Airways employees, it is still a small chunk of those who were employed the debt-ridden company. Let's take a look at the number of Jet employees absorbed by other players in the aviation sector so far.
Budget airline SpiceJet Ltd said that it has already absorbed over 500 Jet Airways employees, including 100 pilots, and is open to induct more. SpiceJet Chairman Ajay Singh said the airline has absorbed nearly 1,000 Jet Airways employees and will continue to hire more. SpiceJet is giving 'first preference' to Jet Airways employees in recruitment, said Singh.
Furthermore Premium carrier Vistara is hiring around 500--100 pilots and 400 cabin crew mostly from the grounded Jet Airways. Air India Express has also inducted around 25 commanders from the grounded airline's and plans to induct 20-25 more pilots. Its parent Air India has been discussing an internal proposal to lease five of the 10 Boeing 777s of Jet to expand its international footprint. The Jet employees are now facing stress over employments, while some are also hopeful of a turnaround of the carrier. Under such circumstances, the staff might have to either shift base to Tier-2 or Tier-3 cities or accept job offers having lower compensation, say experts.