THE national flag carrier, Air Tanzania Company Limited ( ATCL ), has announced plans to lay - off an estimated 200 employees as part of its efforts to revamp the struggling airline. The redundancy, which will affect 90 per cent of the airline’s employees, is aimed at implementing President John Magufuli’s directive to the new management to boost efficiency and send home all ineffective workers. ATCL director general Eng Ladislaus Matindi told The Guardian yesterday they are in the process of suspending workers who can’t cope with current working speed. “We have a good number of employees but only a few are efficient enough… we are filtering them so we can remain with the best personnel only,” Eng Matindi said. He said the company currently has a total of 221 employees, which is too big for them to handle. Eng Matindi cited some of the criteria to be used in laying off employees as working experience, academic qualifications, and customer care aptitude. He
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