New Delhi, Dec. 23

The State-owned airline Indian has approved 12 of the 60 Voluntary Retirement Scheme proposals from cabin crew members that have been received till date. Official sources told Business Line that 48 other proposals were under different stages of processing and the numbers of proposals approved were likely to increase in the coming days.

The airline has also received three proposals for rehabilitation of cabin crew members, which would allow them to start ground staff duty after some training.

The scheme, which was on offer for those cabin crew members who were over 41 years old and had completed 20 years of service, closed at the end of last month.

In addition, those cabin crew members below the age of 50 were also given the option of taking up ground duties at the discretion of the management.

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