The other side

According to Biji Eapen, President, IAAI, if the travel trade associations are genuinely concerned about the welfare of the travel agents fraternity, the Agents Representative in APJC should have objected airlines’ move to implement the weekly payment. Instead, they acted as the Yes-Men of the Airlines. He said, "A ‘very convenient’ and ‘well planned’ proposal to safeguard the travel agents fraternity, so that the agents can be groomed to face the disaster in a phased manner.” Thus, IAAI do not agree with the new APJC-In and PAConf/35 suggestion to start weekly payment effective June 1, 2013.