AI is not India
Every day seems to bring bad tidings about the ailing Air India (AI). Now, senior pilots too have come out in support of the ongoing stir - and civil aviation minister Ajit Singh has admitted that the merger of Indian Airlines and AI five years ago hasn't worked. But the government continues to attempt only cosmetic changes, and consequently we must bear witness to the unedifying sight of pilots holding it hostage. It cannot wish away the cancer that is eating away at our national airlines. It must face the crisis squarely.