Sign of the coming times in India?

India's largest private airline Jet Airways has laid off 800 employees as it cuts flights amid soaring costs.
The company said cabin crew hired for a planned expansion programme which had been suspended would lose their jobs.
Hundreds of members of staff gathered in the city of Mumbai (Bombay) to protest at the move.
Jet says it plans to cut more jobs. Its announcement follows a recent cost-cutting alliance with India's second largest private airline, Kingfisher. According to reports, Kingfisher Airlines is also considering laying off some of its staff
Labels: India, jetairways, layoffs
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Yep, absolutely a sign of times. India expanded fast and furious, with the slowing economy, they will have numerous job cuts and basically begin "balancing" out the job market.
Interesting how it is feast or famine even in India. Jet and Kingfisher were really on a high for the past few years with best service, expansive jets and services, now it's time for them to level set also perhaps ....
They should cut some of the goodies also. Not sure if Jet Airways still does it but back in 2005 when I flew Jet Airways from Jammu to Delhi...a short flight of maybe an hour...they were serving hot meals. On a domestic flight...I mean that is unheard of here in United States.
I heard it is 1900.
I have noticed that there are far too many employees at the ticket counter and the gate. In fact, I counted and there were 22 employees for getting the passengers on board a Boeing 777. The same flight at Chicago had 4 employees in all at the counter and the gate! Same Airline in Shanghai had 23 employees for the same size plane! Does it take that many employees in India and China? Why can't these airlines run everything streamlined as in the US when it is the same company's flight?
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