Air India staffer rewarded with promotion for honesty

Now, it was the turn of Air India to reward him by giving him out-of-turn promotion, the first time the national carrier has done so. Chander, who was posted in the security wing of the airline, has been promoted to the rank of Officer, Security for his ‘exemplary conduct’ by the Air India Chairman and Managing Director Aswani Lohani, according to an Air India statement. “On August 15, during the pipping ceremony, AI’s Executive Director for security Alok Singh (IPS) conferred upon Chander stripes of the rank of Officer, Security,” the statement said. Chander, who is a science graduate and has undertaken several courses in aviation security, had on several occasions returned valuables, cash and belongings left by passengers on aircraft, it said adding, “Chander has returned valuables left by passengers and in all these cases the passengers were not aware of their misplaced articles till returned to them.”