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Current Affairs PDF June 2012 Page 28Indian Airlines. The four-member Dharmadhikari committee on integration of nearly 29000employees of Air India and Indian Airlines was headed by former Supreme Court judge JusticeD. M. Dharmadhikari. The committee had submitted its report in January 2012. The committeehad consulted all the concerned parties including pilots and management staffs beforesubmitting its findings. The committee was constituted in March 2011.SOME OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF DHARMADHIKARI COMMITTEEARE AS FOLLOWS:• Air India should continue to maintain two separate lines of seniority for pilots belonging tothe pre-merger Indian Airlines and Air India• Pilots of both erstwhile carriers must be allowed to fly aircraft of all types• A 10-15 per cent salary cut for pilots andengineers to bring their salaries on par withindustry standards• Uniform salaries for both sets of pilots• Cross-utilisation of pilots, which meansIndian Airlines pilots can fly Dreamliners,and Air India pilots can fly Airbus aircraftafter obtaining requisite endorsements andtrainingThe four-member Dharmadhikari committee onintegration of nearly 29000 employees of AirIndia and Indian Airlines was headed by formerSupreme Court judge Justice D. M.Dharmadhikari.The Government of India in 2007 announced the merger of Air India with Indian Airlines.Subsequently a new company called the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL)was established, into which both Air India (along with Air India Express) and Indian Airlines(along with Alliance Air) was merged. On 27 February 2011, Air India and Indian Airlines mergedalong with their subsidiaries to form Air India Limited. The merger did not go down well withthe national carrier as it got trapped under a huge debt of 10 billion dollar. Besides the postmerger days have also been marred with the reports of controversies and rifts among themanagement. The pilots of Air India have been on indefinite strike since 8 May 2012www.jagranjosh.comPage28Current Affairs PDF June 2012