In Air India’s flight path: One airline, many legacies

To say India’s response to the air crash that the country witnessed in horror and disbelief on June 12, has been far from adequate no matter which angle one looks at it is a gross understatement. But this matter will have to wait.

- Anjuli Bhargava

Over the past month several aviation industry and Air India officials have reached out to this writer to express their concern and air their fears. The most alarming (and hopefully, alarmist) one is that there could be more accidents. Alarmist as this fear may be, Air India and the aviation regulator would do well to take it seriously since the people involved are privy to the system and its fault lines.

There has been a mixed response to news that Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekharan has decided to get more involved with the management of Air India.

Still, there’s no denying the fact that the chairman of Tata Sons might find his task harder than managing some of his other companies. While onlookers have no doubt that he can fix what's broken, it is by no means going to be easy as this entity needs a total cultural makeover. There is a long and hard road ahead to be traversed, no matter who the navigator.