What some of you are trying to discredit are actual facts that go on.
How can you defend and argue against something without definitive knowledge?
Expat contracts at AI / AIE are full of corruption, and for the most part not transparent. (See previous posts....)
TAX: Expat contracts state very clearly that work permits, visas, etc are the sole responsibility of The Airline. Yet, why is it that AI
DEMAND the expat pilots renew their visas outside of India? Why? Because part of the pathetically ridiculous amount of paperwork involved (4 x copies of the contract, 5 million passport photos....), verification of
TAX PAID must also be presented. If the visa is renewed outside of India this is not required. Now, if a TAX PAID verification is needed, then the government can find a paper trail back to the source of the income. OH NO! Why would these people not want evidence of where the money is actually going!!!????
OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!
Yes, AI / AIE are under the spotlight right now. GREAT! What's the problem if there is nothing to hide? You'll find Qantas went through the same thing 2-3 years ago following the A330 ADIRU failure / uncommanded pitch down incident, as do and are Hong Kong Airlines right now. Colgen in the US was also scrutinised after the Q400 crash.
Personally, I'm happy that at long last the decrepit and putrid scum denying pilots their rights to
fair and professional training, to
jobs and an
honest career are being exposed. Not always with accurate journalism, but being uncovered bit by bit.
If you've got nothing to hide then a spotlight won't bother you. That doesn't justify sensationalist journalism, but again, honest and corrupt free transparency will or should vilify the system.
Kick out every corrupt bureaucrat, manager and unsafe pilot from India: expat and national. Maybe this could be global wish. (I did say "wish").