Airport job Live update : This Mumbai incident comes just days after a viral video of hundreds of job seekers pushing and shoving each other during an interview in Ankeshwar, Gujarat.
A recruitment drive by Air India for airport loaders led to a stampede-like situation at the Mumbai airport yesterday with more than 25k applicants applying for 2216 vacancies and Air India staff having a tough time managing the huge crowd.
Visuals show applicants pushing and shoving each other to reach the form counter and reports suggest that these The applicants also had to wait for hours without food and water and many of them started feeling unwell.
Airport loaders are also tasked with loading and unloading luggage and operating bagel belts and wrap tractors and each aircraft requires at least five loaders to handle the luggage cargo and food supplies.
Airport loader salary ranges from 20,000 to more than 25k and educational criteria is basic for the job and candidates should be physically strong.
Prathameshwar from Buldhana district is also among these candidates who have travelled more than 400 kms for the interview. And he has said that he has come to apply for the post of apprentice. They are also offering a salary of 22500.
Prathameshwar is a student of BBA second year and when asked if he gets a job, will he leave his studies and he replied. What should we do? And there is so much unemployment, I urge the government to create more employment opportunities.
15k people reached for 18k vacancies for airport jobs in Mumbai
Thousands of people reached Kalina in Mumbai for the walk-in interview organized by Air India Airport Services Limited. And when the situation is out of control, the applicants have been asked to submit their biodata and leave from there.
On Tuesday, an atmosphere of chaos was also seen in Kalina in Mumbai when thousands of people reached for the walk-in interview organized by Air India Airport Services Limited and about 15k people reached for 18k vacancies for the post of Handyman and Utility Agent. And the Utility Agent also does various repair and maintenance work.
Despite the limited vacancies, a huge crowd has gathered outside the recruitment office and when the situation has gone out of control, the applicants have been asked to submit their biodata and leave from there to prevent a stampede like situation.
Airport job Live update : there was a stampede like situation with hundreds of job seekers coming from Mumbai for the interview.
On Tuesday itself, a huge crowd of job seekers gathered for the walk-in interview at Air India Airport Services Limited in Kalina, Mumbai, which created chaos. And it is going viral on social media and in the video, thousands of people can be seen running towards the interview center and some people can be seen climbing vehicles and trees to reach the center quickly.
According to this report to India Today, George Abram, general secretary of the Eviction Industry Employees Guild, said that the recruitment process was also mismanaged.
Air India Airport Services Limited had opened walk-in interviews for 2216 vacancies for the post of an assistant and one person who also does various repair and maintenance work. And this is for utility agents.
In this notification dated 28th June, the company has said that AI Airport Services Limited, which was earlier known as Air India Air Transport Services Limited, wants to fill the existing vacancies as per the estimated requirements and maintain a waiting list for the vacancies that may arise in future.
Airport job Live update : Indian citizens, men and women, who meet the requirements mentioned here, can apply for various posts at the International Airport on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 3 years which can be renewed subject to their performance and the requirements of AI Airport Services Limited. The number of vacancies is indicative and may vary as per the operational requirement.
This reservation will be as per the instructions of the President and the actual reservation of vacancies will depend on the existing number at the time of appointment.
Stampede situation at this Mumbai airport, 25k applications came for 600 jobs and they reached India office only
Thousands of job seekers thronged to attend the interview held for only a few vacancies in Colona, Mumbai. Interested people reached Air India Airport Services Limited for walk-in interview.
Wow walk-in interview was scheduled for 600 different maintenance staff posts and however, due to the situation going out of control, the applicants were asked to submit their biodata only and then leave the premises.
It is Gaikwad himself who has said in his post on microblogging site X that more than twenty-five thousand applicants have appeared for interview for 600 posts at Mumbai airport only.
Gaikwad has said that the youth need jobs and not empty promises and false statistics. And when will this government be serious about the future of the youth for the country as well?
Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s Leader of Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar has said that the huge crowd gathered for a handful of jobs shows the seriousness of the unemployment situation in the country.
Airport job Live update : Waddettiwar has also criticized the Maharashtra government for the unemployment problem in the state and alleged that this is due to faulty government schemes and due to which investment is being hampered.