https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2026/05/11/air-india-fires-over-1000-staff/
1000 were let go over a period of 3 years due to ehitcal violations.
It's very sad to hear. I am sure there are 100x more people who work hard for the airline. I guess some the fires are attributed to misuse of employees & family flight scheme where they would give it to non family members.
I couldn't be any happier than hearing news of electronic version. I had always been against the concept of having an additional booklet, preferred having a sticker in passport instead. Now they talk of having none of them.
I hope this gets implemented quickly. I'll apy for e-oci as soon as it's available. I can see so many merits of this move:
Less things to carry (esp if travelling as a family)
Ability to go India from anywhere during emergency as opposed to flying back home country to pick it up (no I don't carry oci when travelling anywhere ex india)
Single route of application, no longer having to deal with VFS/BLS
Let's see how the implementation works and the reap the benefits.