Pigs have wings - Flying Circus(IV)

More reason to squeal like pigs

He was in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, calling us names, proving yet again and like a spoilt child that he just wouldn’t tolerate even being rapped on the knuckles. Actually he was, ahem, squealing like a pig! Remember, he accused the concerned citizen leading the opposition against the Cavellossim bridge of being a loner in his battle; he said the same thing when someone led a protest against the Mumbai builder who is turning a part of Carmona into a concrete jungle for the rich to holiday. Clearly, Churchill Alemao brooks no opposition on the ground. In the air, he is king of all he surveys. Take a look at his flying exploits between April 2008 and January 2010, all paid by your tax bucks of course. The cost: Rs 14,28,633.

2008 Business with pleasure

The Union Minister for railways Mamta Banerjee spends more time in Kolkatta than in Delhi, the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers is perpetually in Madurai when he should be in Delhi. Not so our our Goa montris who are in Delhi at the drop of a hat.
06-09 April, Delhi, Rs 24,626+1,040, total Rs 25,666; 17-18 April, Delhi, Rs 25,120+355; Rs 25,475. A one-dayer to Mumbai on 29 April that cost you just Rs 16,789 (Rs 16,607+182) because he flew Economy Class one way and quite obviously travelled without the human baggage the poor man seems to be saddled with. 31 May-01 June, Mumbai, Rs 20,034+442, total Rs 20,476; 04-05 June, Bangalore-Mumbai, Rs 37,448+277, total Rs 37,725; 14-15 June, Mumbai, Rs 20,634+520, total Rs 21,154; 23-24 June, Delhi, Rs 37,595+355, total 37,950. This is five overnight flights and a one-dayer in seven flights so far, and must surely add a new dimension to his line of work. 04-09, Chennai-Bangalore, Rs 29,327+1,482, total Rs 30,809; 12-16 September, Delhi, Rs 59,072+1,135, total Rs 60,207. The next one is something only Alemao Inc. could pull off. Between 07-13 October he flew Delhi-Calcutta at a cost of Rs 86,985+1,057, total cost Rs 88,042. If you remember brother Joaquim made that same rather expensive flight also to Calcutta on 11-13 October which I figured most certainly had nothing to do with the working of government, unless off course freebie flying is part of governance. So, what were the siblings doing in Calcutta? The answer could be in the fact that Churchill United played Chirag United on 12 October. Sadly, Churchill United drew 0-0 despite the huge fan support they got from Goa, if you get my drift. And then, these two overnight flights: 20-21 October, Delhi, Rs 51,596+520, total Rs 52,116; 12-13 December, Delhi, Rs 34,501.

2009 Delhi calls

07-08 January, Delhi-Mumbai, total Rs 67,208; 12-13 January, Delhi, Rs 53,796; 22-25 January, Delhi-Mumbai, total Rs 36,355, that’s three flights in a single month. 17-19 February, Delhi, total Rs 36,505. Churchill spent six days in Delhi between 25 February-03 March flying there Economy Class for Rs 14,986 only. But you can’t help noticing can you, the high cost of flying to Delhi prior to that, plus the huge difference in air fares, proving my point that there is something fishy going on. My theory is flying solo is not something our montris like to do, the more the merrier seems to be the motto. There is cause to mull over, because he flew back again on 05-12 March at a penny pinching fare of Rs 13,702. The big spending was back when he flew Delhi-Mumbai on 13-16 March at a cost to you of Rs 42,751+710, total 43,461, and if you hadn’t noticed his DA went up too but which for unknown reasons he did not claim for a short period. 16-22 March, Delhi, Rs 15,836+1,523, total Rs 17,359. He ended March, a month of tireless flying (5 flights, 25 days spent in Delhi), but entirely necessary in Goa’s treacherous power-play, with this jaw-breaker of a flight to Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi-Mumbai on 25-31 March that cost Rs 1,14,999 plus DA of Rs 1,705. But, it’s the flight cost that hurts. In fact of his 39 flights, he flew Economy Class only five times, clubbing Economy Class with Business Class thrice. And, so it went. 01-06 April, Delhi-Mumbai, Rs 48,772+1,222, total Rs 49,994; 26-29 April, Delhi, Rs 32,783+1,040, total Rs 33,823; 06-07 May, Mumbai, Rs 14,463+520, total Rs 14,983; 21-23 May, Delhi, Rs 55,243+702, total Rs 55,945; 09-11 June, Delhi, Rs 33,360+780, total Rs 34,140; 08-09 August, Delhi, Rs 58,732+364, total Rs 59,069; 20-21 August, Delhi, Rs 34,999+260, total Rs 35,259, 03-9 September, Madras-Tiruchipally-Madras, Rs 44,144+945, total Rs 45,089; 19-23 September, Delhi, Rs 33,750+1,300, total Rs 35,050; 30 September-02 October, Mumbai, Rs 24,823+702, total Rs 25,525; 11-13 October, Delhi, Rs 33,235+780, total Rs 34,015; 22-24 October, Pune-Mumbai, Rs 24,600+504; total Rs 25,104; 31 October-02 November, Mumbai, Rs 22,276+615, total Rs 22,891; 09-10 November, Mumbai, Rs 21,393+364, total Rs 21,757; 23-25 November, Mumbai-Madras-Tiruchirapally-Madras, Rs 26,830+530, total Rs 27,360. Thus while the CM went to invoke the Gods in Tirupati, Churchill was Trichy-bound in September and November and one can safely assume that since Trichy is the closest airport to Nagapattiam which has the shrine of Annai Velankani, that’s where he was headed.
2010
04-05 January, Delhi, Rs 21,987+442, total Rs 22,429; 11-12 January, Mumbai, Rs 19,713+277, total Rs 19,990; 14-16 January, Delhi, Rs 14,714+483, total Rs 15,197.

The Flying Club Cost so far:

Ravi Naik Rs 04,08,749
Vishwajeet Rane Rs 17,56,397
Digambar Kamat Rs 13,26,144
Dayanand Narvekar Rs 1,36,275
Joaquim Alemao Rs 12,34,442
Churchill Alemao Rs 14,28,633
Grand total Rs 62,90,640

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