Air India will assign counsellors to each family, who lost their dear ones in the air crash near Mangalore, as part of helping them overcome their grief.<br/><br/>275 volunteers have been drawn from across the country for the purpose. Chairman and Managing Director of Air India, Arvind Jadhav, told a press conference that the airline will coordinate these efforts.<br/><br/>Air India on Monday said its subsidiary Air India Express' flight operations are in conformity with regulatory requirements and all its pilots and engineering staff are fully-qualified and trained to run operations in tune with international procedures.<br/><br/>An Air India statement issued in Mumbai reiterated this after a section of the media reported that the commander of the Air India Express IX-812, which crashed in Mangalore last Saturday, had allegedly not followed the DGCA-laid down procedures for landing.<br/><br/>It said, Air India Express, being a part of the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) group, is fully supported by Air India in terms of infrastructure and services.<br/><br/>It also said that Air India Express is an airline with an independent Air Operator Permit, owned and operated by a subsidiary of NACIL.