Next

Who really got Jet staff reinstated?

October 17, 2008

While hundreds of Jet Airways employees, who had been summarily sacked by the airline in a bid to cut costs, celebrated their reinstatement on Friday, many politicos jumped into the fray to claim credit for the Jet staff's victory.

Many politicians and the Jet Airways chairman himself have been trying to take credit for the taking back of the sacked 1,900 Jet Airways employees and for putting paid to American-style laying-off of employees.

Little did anyone realize that the sacking of the employees would snowball into such a major political issue. Now that the airline has decided to take back the employees, apparently without any precondition, many people have stepped up to say it was because of them that the Jet staff will have a happy Diwali.

So what really made Jet take back the employees? Was it Jet chief Naresh Goyal's 'conscience call? Or was it pressure from Raj Thackeray? Was is Praful Patel's advice? Just what was it? Read on. . .

Image: Reinstated Jet Airways employees celebrate in Mumbai. | Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images

Also read: Why Lehman Bros went bust; what it means for you

Next