Foreign Airhostesses in PIA to be sacked soon

[cpt_747]

Just read on a.net that foreign airhostesses in PIA to be sacked. Does anybody have any more info on this? It's sad, if its true.

[Abbas Ali]

Foreign Air Hostesses in PIA to be sacked soon, Senate informed

Wednesday August 15, 2007 (1637 PST)

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Defence, Ali Asjad Malhi has admitted that 45 Foreign Airhostesses were working in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and they would be sacked soon.

Deputy Chairman Senate Jam Muhammad Jamali has summoned the meeting of Standing Committee on Defence regarding the loss facing by the airlines continuously and matters related to recruitment and expenditures in airlines.

Minister of State for Defence, Ali Asjad Malhi while answering a question in Senate session on Wednesday has said that at present 45 Foreign Airhostesses are working in PIA and huge amount is being paid to them, which is injustice to the Pakistani airhostess.

The State Minister said that he after the question in fact aware of the exact figure of the number of foreign airhostess in PIA, adding that the national airline is already running into loss and action would be taken why foreign airhostess recruited in PIA despite the fact that immense unemployment exists in the country.

The State Minister informed the Upper House that 27 Airports are without night landing facility and out of them, 9 have been closed.

He said that during the last 10 years PIA faced overall loss worth of Rs. 32218 million while the airline faced loss worth of Rs. 3954 million during three months of the current year and the year of 2006 witnessed maximum loss, which is Rs. 12763 million.

The total loss during the last 10 years was Rs. 37644 million while the airlines get the profit three times which was Rs. 5481 million and after deduction that profit, the overall loss stands at Rs. 32218 million.

PIA aimed to running its affairs got the loans worth of Rs. 20140 million till March 2007 on the guarantee of the government while Rs. 525 million on its assets and the total amount touched the figure of Rs. 20665 million.

The State Minister informed the Senate that at present 193 PIA employees are working abroad and over Rs. 4.80 billion were paid to them. He said that 5273 persons were appointed in PIA during the last four years out of that figure 76 appointed in Azad Kashmir, 119 in Balochistan, 695 in NWFP, 55 in Northern Ares, 2299 in Punjab, 295 in rural Sindh while 1734 in urban Sindh.

The members of the Upper House opined that despite falling in loss, the airlines is spending huge amount on its expenditures and demanded the meeting of Standing Committee on Defence immediately.

Deputy Chairman has directed the Chairman Standing committee on Defence, Nisar Memon to convene the meeting and the State Minster also supported that.

Protesting over not providing job according to job quota, the senate members hailing from Balochistan said that the province has the quota of 316 but only 199 Baloch were appointed in the airlines.

The State Minister on Defence informed that Punjab also got 7 percent less job as compare to its reserved quota during the last four years while Sindh and NWFP got more as compare to their quota. He said that Balochistan get 1.2 percent less as compare to its quota, adding that action would be taken against responsible officials in this regard. The incumbent government has increased the Balochistan's quota to six percent.

Source: Pak Tribune

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[SalamPaks]

Here's an idea...

Regardless of gender, nationality or pay scale, Why not just sack the Flight Attendants that can't do their job properly, are rude to the punters and have no clue what customer service is?

[Moin]

Well I'm sure those foreign girls know how to do their jobs properly but this isn't the way you start downsizing. Not that those girls would mind too much as they can easily go and apply to other carriers like EK, QR, EY etc and with their prior experience will get snapped up in no time if they're still within the age bracket.

This airline is becoming a bit too nationalist. Not much 'International' left in it.

[Airborne]

This airline is becoming a bit too nationalist. Not much 'International' left in it.

I agree; and that is because we have too many nationalist politicians who think they have the right to travel on PIA free of cost, but do not tolerate professional people in the airline be it foreign airhostesses...

[inducedrag]

The standing committee should find out why the Kenyans ware flying on all international routes like singapore on new year London Canada and the hard working Malaysian and Thailand or the beat Japanese on only to their home base and when given dismissal orders the airline had to pay minimum 2 years salary as per their country law great people to fly with

[malpensa26]

theres no need to hire foreign air hostesses. theres plenty of girls in pakistan that can use this money to further their education or add extra income to their households. I think the previous directer had a thing for oriental chiks thats wht he hired them. it isnt about nationalism or anything, its about if it is a gov . airline its for its citizens. tax payers money should be used for foreigners. and theres limited jobs for girls in pak anyway.

[coolgenx]

Why are they doing it...i thnk PIA shud more forign staff...atleast they are not rude and can speak better english...I think PIA shudn't take this action..

[Adnan Anwar]

This airline is becoming a bit too nationalist. Not much 'International' left in it.

I agree; and that is because we have too many nationalist politicians who think they have the right to travel on PIA free of cost, but do not tolerate professional people in the airline be it foreign airhostesses...

When you have imcompetant Jahil mullahs, jageerdars, waderas, sardars, maliks and chaudharys or whateever in National Assembly then what can we expect ?

[Amaad Lone]

The only reason PIA hired these foreign airhostesses is because of their language ability.

But paying $5,000 (as someone had mentioned) to them per month, while our ATR42 first officers get 93000 rupees, is not fair.

Maybe PIA should hire girls who can speak the foreign languages.

Besides 99.9% of people of PIA can speak english, or urdu.

So it was just a lot of nakhra.

Removing this expensive staff is a step in the right direction.

[Abbas Ali]

PIA’s foreign Air Hostesses to be replaced

ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Defence Ali Asjad Malhi told the Senate on Wednesday that 45 foreign airhostesses were working in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and they would be sacked soon.

Malhi said that PIA had employed 45 foreign airhostesses during January 2005 to September 2006. He said that the foreign airhostesses were paid Rs 170,767 per month besides other allowances, while their Pakistani colleagues were getting only Rs 13,000 per month as basic salary.

The minister said that after receiving a question from the Senate, he came to know about this discrimination and instantly ordered cancellation of the foreign airhostesses’ contracts. He said the government would ask from PIA why it had employed foreign airhostesses when the organisation was already running into loss and there was unemployment in the country.

Source: Daily Times

[Abbas Ali]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Minister of State for Defence Ali Asjad Malhi admitted that the high salaries being paid to the foreigners was a discrimination against the Pakistani airhostesses who were getting just Rs13,000 as basic salary.

The information put before the Senate revealed that the foreign airhostesses were getting up to Rs170,767 besides bulky allowances.

The minister said after receiving the question, he got to know about this discrimination and right away ordered to terminate the contracts with the foreign airhostesses.

He said out of the total 45 foreign airhostesses inducted from January 2005 to September 2006, 10 Kenyans had already been sacked and the rest would be fired soon.

Source: DAWN

[Abbas Ali]

He said that the foreign airhostesses were paid Rs 170,767 per month besides other allowances, while their Pakistani colleagues were getting only Rs 13,000 per month as basic salary.

This is open discrimination against Pakistani air hostesses. Pakistani nationals should get fair & just treatment in a Pakistani company like PIA.

If PIA wishes to retain some of the foreign cabin crew then there should be equal salary package for both Pakistani and foreign air hostesses.

[javed]

Well I'm sure those foreign girls know how to do their jobs properly but this isn't the way you start downsizing. Not that those girls would mind too much as they can easily go and apply to other carriers like EK, QR, EY etc and with their prior experience will get snapped up in no time if they're still within the age bracket.

This airline is becoming a bit too nationalist. Not much 'International' left in it.

EK's, QR's and EY's hire only dirt cheap girls from east europe. They have no place for these expensive ones.

[javed]

The only reason PIA hired these foreign airhostesses is because of their language ability.

What is use of National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad. PIA could have hired from local market and trained then there.