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This is a candid account of how a series of dramatic events ran aground an airline that once ruled the skies; a behind-the-scenes expose of submissive and indifferent chairmen, self-serving employees and union members, a step-fatherly government, who colluded in the near destruction of one of India's finest public-sector undertakings (PSUs). The Descent of Air India elucidates the failure to rejig Air India in tune with the times, which compounded with an overt reliance on the airline's past glory, impractical expansion plans and the misuse of the company's resources, rapidly led to financial meltdown. The book has lessons for those serving in the government sector, particularly PSUs, that in today's competitive world they can't give in to sloth, be loath to change and demand progressively higher emoluments while remaining unproductive thereby endangering the future of their company. The book heralds a 'wake up time' for government run concerns as India envisions to be a global economic power.
