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More than two-thirds of blue-collared employees in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> earn less than Rs 15,000 per month, according to a report on Thursday. The report by payroll management app <keyword id="12550203" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="salarybox" source="Orion">Salarybox</keyword> stated that females in the workplace made Rs 12,398 on average, which was 19 per cent less than their male colleagues, which brings forth the country's wide gender pay disparity. The data also highlights that less than 15 per cent of the employee base earns in the range of Rs 20,000-40,000 per month (on an average Rs 25,000), calling attention to the fact that a vast majority of Indians have difficulties securing even a livable wage. Interestingly, the majority of firms pay wages below the minimum wage set by the <keyword id="333370" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="central-pay-commission" source="Orion">Central Pay Commission</keyword> (CPC), that is Rs 18,000 per month. The report is based on a database of over a million employed workforce from more than 850 districts around the country. "For a long time, the topic of jobs, or rather, the lack thereof, has dominated India's economic discourse. While the headline employment/unemployment numbers get a lot of attention, another set of numbers that is equally significant, who gets paid how much, doesn't get nearly as much attention. It is high time that the companies bring in interventions that highlight this huge gap," said <keyword id="5098632" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="nikhil-goel" source="Orion">Nikhil Goel</keyword>, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of SalaryBox, in a statement. The report also found that only 27 per cent of the workforce is made up of women, whereas 73 per cent of the workforce is made up of men. Employees working at supermarkets, <keyword id="14390477" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="grocery/kirana/general-stores" source="Orion">grocery/kirana/general stores</keyword> as well as the garments/textile industries are paid at the lower end of the scale, with an average monthly <keyword id="10876" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="salary" source="Orion">salary</keyword> of Rs 8,300. Logistics and transport, IT software, and tailoring /boutiques emerge as the businesses that pay the most to females, with primary roles being of telecallers, documentation executives, and recruitment associates. "Economic development is still not translating into enough jobs for the yearly influx of educated young people entering the workforce. A much bigger proportion of Indians work in the informal sector, and they have been hit hard in recent months by increasing inflation, particularly in food prices," Goel said.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation are developing electric air taxi operations in California.</li><li>Southwest plans to use Archer Midnight eVTOL aircraft to cut customer travel time to the airport.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-changes-activist-investstor-free-bags-open-seating-fees-2024-6">Southwest Airlines</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-electric-air-taxi-archer-evtol-2023-6">Archer Aviation</a> plan to develop an electric air taxi network for California airports.The two companies signed an agreement on Friday that would allow Southwest Airlines customers to use Archer's Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as a speedy means of getting to and from airports in the future."This is a pretty huge deal for us and the industry," Archer Aviation chief commercial officer Nikhil Goel told Business Insider. "This is the first time Southwest has done anything like this, and so at this point, we're working with two of the biggest airlines in the US and three of the five largest airlines in the world by market cap."<div type="image" title="A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet takes departs from San Diego International Airport en route to Denver on January 13, 2024 in San Diego, California." height="2672" width="4008" msid="111698219" hostid="261" sizebytes="525048"></div>Archer has also been working with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-electric-air-taxi-archer-evtol-2023-6">United Airlines</a>, which ordered $1 billion worth of the company's Midnight eVTOL aircraft for similar use in 2021.The firm has inked deals internationally, as well. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://investors.archer.com/news/news-details/2023/InterGlobe-Enterprises-and-Archer-Aviation-Announce-Plans-to-Launch-All-Electric-Air-Taxi-Service-Across-India-in-2026/default.aspx">Interglobe Enterprises</a>, the parent company of India's largest airline, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-low-cost-airlines-in-the-world-according-to-skytrax-2024-7">IndiGo</a>, signed an agreement in late 2023 with Archer that includes the purchase of 200 Midnight eVTOL aircraft for air taxi service in India.The Southwest deal aims to shorten airport commutes for customers flying through any of the 14 California airports where the airline operates.For example, let's say someone in Los Angeles wants to fly to Napa — but skip traffic to and from the airport.With Archer, they would go to the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://smdp.com/2024/02/14/air-taxi-start-up-to-operate-from-santa-monica-airport-and-expects-to-be-flying-by-2025/">Archer Vertaport, under development in Santa Monica</a>, for a short hop to Burbank Airport. There, they would board an 80-minute Southwest flight to San Francisco International Airport and then a 15-minute Archer flight to Napa. (For context, Napa is roughly 60 miles from SFO).<div type="image" title="The interior of Archer's Midnight eVTOL with wide seats with headrests." height="1333" width="2000" msid="111698220" hostid="261" sizebytes="60206"></div>Goel said this route could shave one to two hours off customers' travel time.Beyond the new partnership with Southwest, Archer said it is focused on completing the development and certification process and building up the manufacturing infrastructure to support the Midnight eVTOL, which is at the heart of the deal."For us at Archer, the next 18 months are almost solely dedicated to certifying and manufacturing the aircraft," Goel said.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-taxi-firm-archer-gets-faa-approval-for-commercial-operations-2024-6">Archer received FAA certification to commence commercial operations</a> in June, allowing the company to refine its systems before launching customer service.However, the Midnight eVTOL, a four-seat electric tilt-rotor aircraft, has not been certified.<div type="image" title="Concept drawing of an Archer manufacturing facility." height="1389" width="2000" msid="111698221" hostid="261" sizebytes="147092"></div>Archer is also working to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stellantis-invests-additional-55-million-in-archer-following-recent-flight-test-milestone-1033522905">complete its </a><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stellantis-invests-additional-55-million-in-archer-following-recent-flight-test-milestone-1033522905">350,000-square-foot production facility</a> in Covington, Georgia, which will be operated in partnership with Stellantis. When fully operational, the factory is expected to be able to produce up to 650 aircraft a year, with room to expand capacity to 2,300 aircraft annually.Archer isn't the only player in the eVTOL business that's working with major airlines.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/delta-makes-a-60-million-investment-in-evtols-joby-aviation-2022-10">Delta</a> and Japan's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airlines-investing-in-evtol-aircraft-united-american-2022-8">All Nippon Airways</a> are working with fellow mobility startup Joby Aviation for future air taxi services.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Flying-taxi companies hope to revolutionize the daily commute for the cost of an Uber.</li><li>Competition led to one lawsuit before it was settled and Archer and Wisk agreed to work together.</li><li>Nature inspires many of the futuristic designs, Frank Stephenson told BI.</li></ul>Picture the scene: It's rush hour and you're running late for a meeting on the other side of town. If you're in a city with good public transportation, you could pile onto a busy metro train or you could get in a car or taxi and slog through traffic.In a few years, if everything goes according to plan, you might be able to open an app to hail a non-polluting aircraft and avoid the ground congestion altogether.This is the vision for Archer Aviation, one of several companies building electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, better known as eVTOLs or flying taxis.It shouldn't cost much more than an Uber, either. Adam Goldstein, the CEO of Archer, previously told Business Insider he expects a seat in its six-passenger <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-electric-air-taxi-archer-evtol-2023-6">Midnight aircraft</a> to cost about $100.An <a target="_blank" href="https://www.uber.com/global/en/r/routes/manhattan-ny-to-ewr/">Uber from Manhattan to Newark Airport</a> costs $85 for a 40-minute drive. Archer says its Midnight flying taxi would need 10 minutes for the same journey, which the company plans to make its first commercial service in 2025.BI attended the Dubai Airshow last month, where Goldstein started the sustainability conference with a speech about the company's ambitions."The transportation grid is still stuck in two dimensions. There's lots of trips out there where people are willing to spend 60, 90, or even 120 minutes in a car," he said. "Now we can solve these trips by going to the air."Helicopters are the main alternative today, but they're expensive and many cities have banned their mass use due to noise complaints. Goldstein said that Archer's Midnight is "near silent when flying overhead."Volocopter, a German startup set to bring its flying taxis to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-neom-project-green-city-fossil-fuels-oil-2023-12">Saudi Arabia's planned megacity Neom</a>, hopes to run its first service during next summer's Paris Olympics.Most other eVTOL firms, including Archer, are targeting certification by 2025. Goldstein said Archer wants to start mass operations in 2028, when "hundreds" of flying taxis would operate in one city as Los Angeles transportation officials plan for their use during that year's Olympics.<h2>Why the flying-taxi designs look unique</h2>Frank Stephenson got his start designing cars. After Ford sponsored his design education, he worked for the company in Cologne, Germany. He also designed the Mini Cooper and the Fiat 500 and worked as a design director for Ferrari, Maserati, and McLaren.His enthusiasm for aircraft was infectious as he spoke to BI at the Dubai Airshow. Midway through a sentence, the Italian Air Force's aerobatics team roaring overhead through plumes of red, white, and green smoke diverted his attention.At first, pivoting to aviation might seem like a curious move, but for Stephenson, it made perfect sense."I think from as far back as I can remember, as a kid even, I was just interested in anything that moved," Stephenson told BI.After leaving McLaren, Stephenson started his own design studio where his first client was Lilium Air Mobility.<div type="image" title="A model of a eVTOL Lilium Jet, electric vertical take-off and landing jet is displayed during the Farnborough International Airshow 2022 on July 18, 2022" height="2336" width="3500" msid="106100926" hostid="261"></div>These sleek, modern aircraft often appear as if they were plucked from the set of "Blade Runner," but for Stephenson, "everything I design is based on influences from nature.""There's nothing more intelligent than nature in design," he told BI. "Who the heck says it has to look like an airplace anyways, because what's an airplane? It's a sausage with wings on it."For Lilium, he was first inspired by the sea, because "a fish is theoretically more aerodynamic than a bird.""The engineers were like, 'Oh my gosh, we've never thought about doing it like this before. And it works really well.' So that world opened up to me. It's like the first days of the automobile."<h2>United Airlines has ordered $1 billion's worth of Archer's Midnight craft</h2>"Once you can start replacing work-and-going-home trips with this aircraft, it's beyond my wildest imagination how you change where people live and work, and how much you can really impact mobility going forward," Nikhil Goel, Archer's chief commercial officer, told BI."Sustainability is big, but it's also just sexy," he added. "It's a really great way to get from A to B."Goel, a former McKinsey consultant who cofounded <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joby-aviation-to-acquire-uber-elevate-wins-75-million-investment-2020-12">Uber Elevate</a> before joining Archer, has the polished air of a Silicon Valley executive."The best-case scenario is probably still more than I would expect," he said. "I always say that if you'd asked Steve Jobs, 'How many iPhones would you sell in 2023?' He would have predicted probably a tenth of what we have today."So best-case scenario, I don't know, everybody in the world is able to use this to go from A to B."<div type="image" title="Nikhil Goel of Archer smiling wearing a grey suit and cyan tie stood in front of the Midnight eVTOL at the Dubai Air Show" height="3200" width="4800" msid="106100927" hostid="261"></div>There's still a lot to get through first. After aviation authorities certify them, eVTOL companies would need to scale up manufacturing. Then comes the infrastructure: building enough vertiports — eVTOL takeoff facilities — for mass use.Vertiports are similar to helipads but include recharging and hangaring options.But the money involved suggests that airlines believe there's promise. American Airlines, United Airlines, and Azul Brazilian Airlines have each made $1 billion deals with Vertical Aerospace, Archer, and Lilium, respectively.Goldstein said United's order with Archer has a further $500 million option, which would bring the total up to 300 aircraft."We are working with the best manufacturing suppliers in the game — Honeywell, Safran, Garmin, FACC — so we think from a certification perspective, we've nearly eliminated all the risks," Goel said.He added that the biggest priority for the coming year is the "final stages of certification."Archer has also started building its main manufacturing plant in Georgia, where it will work with the auto giant Stellantis to produce up to 2,300 aircraft a year. Archer added that the factory will be capable of producing 650 vehicles a year when it starts its first phase of operations in 2024."Already on day one, it will be less than half the cost of a helicopter," Goel told BI. Helicopters cost about $10 per passenger mile, whereas Goel said the Midnight will cost about $4 to $5 per passenger mile.He said it's cheaper because there's "very little maintenance cost" and "it's 100% all electric so there's no fuel cost.""As we increase the utilization and load factor, the aircraft will be at $2 to $3," he added. "And then from there, you add in autonomy, scale manufacturing, our long-term goal is to get about $1."<h2>Self-flying taxis</h2>Not every eVTOL company is prioritizing passenger transportation. AutoFlight, a Chinese startup with offices in Germany and California, is first targeting certification for its cargo eVTOL."Developing an aircraft is a really expensive adventure, and we believe the cargo version will be much quicker to certify, and produce and sell, and generate revenues," Jocelyn Moreau, AutoFlight Europe's head of operations, told BI."What we see here at the Dubai Airshow, and at the Paris Air Show, is that there will be a high demand for cargo as well as for passengers," he added.Moreau, a former manager at Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH, joined the eVTOL space because "it was the new revolution going on.""With two colleagues of mine, we left Airbus to be part of the revolution, and try on our own an exciting adventure," he said.Moreau told BI he expects AutoFlight's cargo eVTOL to be certified in China within six to 12 months, but that a passenger version could take another two or three years to get certified.The emphasis on cargo also means AutoFlight is better positioned to explore self-flying-aircraft options."We are already flying autonomously with the cargo version," Moreau said. "There is no pilot, there's no cockpit. There's nothing.""For the passenger version, we believe we need a pilot first," he added. "And maybe in a few years' time when people are used to flying, then there will be no pilot."Goldstein said Archer is aiming for its aircraft to be fully autonomous in 2030. It's made progress after reaching an agreement with Wisk Aero, an eVTOL company owned by Boeing, following a two-year dispute.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-taxi-rivals-archer-and-wisk-settle-dispute-will-collaborate-2023-8">Wisk accused Archer of stealing trade secrets</a> in a 2021 lawsuit. The complaint alleged that Archer hired ten Wisk engineers and produced an aircraft with "a striking resemblance" to a Wisk patent. A forensic investigation found that two of those former Wisk engineers downloaded thousands of files shortly before leaving for Archer, according to the lawsuit.In August, the rivals settled and agreed to work together. Wisk is now Archer's exclusive provider of autonomous-flying technology, and Boeing agreed to invest an undisclosed amount into Archer as part of a $215 million funding round.In a press release, Archer said the agreement would help it avoid "hundreds of millions of dollars of spending" on research and development.<h2>'You don't get tired of them — they just look right'</h2><div type="image" title="Frank Stephenson wears a black suit and poses in front of AutoFlight's Prosperity I" height="1399" width="2500" msid="106100928" hostid="261"></div>After Lilium, Stephenson also designed eVTOLs for Archer and AutoFlight, which he said is "probably the most effective design so far."Unlike Archer's Midnight, AutoFlight's Prosperity I doesn't need the propellors to tilt — horizontal rotors take the aircraft up and down, and the ones on the back push it forward."The intention I always had from the beginning was: How simple can you reduce all the elements, and it doesn't look boring, it still looks futuristic?""It ends up looking beautiful because it's so functional when it does," Stephenson told BI. "There's nothing really ugly in nature — something might shock you, but it doesn't look wrong.""The cars and the objects that are designed for efficient functionality tend to last a long time in terms of aesthetics. You don't get tired of them — they just look right.""It's an incredibly interesting field to be in right now," he added. "30 years from now, I might sound stupid. But right now, we're breaking new ground."

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Andrew Chen joined Uber back in 2015 during what he calls "happier times." The company was still a small startup, and his offer letter was signed on a sticky note. He even took a selfie of the moment for posterity. Chen is the head of rider growth at Uber, and one of the early Uber employees upset by Kalanick's resignation. He and other Uber employees have taken to social media to express their gratitude and say their goodbyes to their former CEO. Despite the controversy surrounding Kalanick (or, as his employees call him, TK), the former CEO still has a vocal fan club at Uber, and they want him back. Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/over-1-000-uber-employees-ask-for-travis-kalanick-to-return-2446313529.html">published a letter</a> this morning from Uber employees petitioning for Kalanick to return in an operational role. He resigned on June 20 from his day-to-day duties as CEO, but will remain on Uber's board of directors. Here are some of the things that Uber employees loved about Kalanick, and what they will miss most:<h2>His vision</h2>"Thank you for inspiring not only your own employees but an entire generation of entrepreneurs. Thank you for inspiring us to think bigger, faster, and higher-impact than anyone has ever dared to think before." - Margaret-Ann Seger, Product Manager International Growth "For the short period I've had the pleasure to be with Uber in the early days in 2012, I've found Travis to be one of the most visionary and inspiring people I've met." - Barbara Wesseling Lefering, Former International Recruiter "I don't think one can find someone with Travis' vision and commitment to the mission to drive the company long-term." - Frederique Dame, Former Product Engineer REUTERS/Adnan Abidi<h2>His ability to "jam"</h2>"After a solid hour-long jam session, he'd say he had to leave to get on a conference call on China, and leave for another multi-hour meeting." - Andrew Chen, Head of Rider Growth "I won't forget our jam sessions and the lessons you taught me anytime soon - you continue to be an inspiration to me and the thousands of proud Uber employees who carry your vision forward. " - Nikhil Goel, Product for Advanced Programs and Uber Elevate "For your ability to jam on the small details to zoom out to the biggest picture." - Wenqi Shao, Senior Data Scientist Spin<h2>His listening skills</h2>"Thank you for taking the time to listen and be there for us when we were hurt. Thank you for your support and words of wisdom (and selfies)" - Amy Sun, Product Manager "When your employees told you that we needed to change some aspects of the internal culture, you were sad but you were all ears." - Margaret-Ann Seger Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images<h2>The board has yet to respond to the employees petition, but his fans have made it clear his legacy will live on. </h2>"Thank you, Travis. We will keep building." - Thijs Niks, Product Manager for Cash"Thanks for creating a company with a culture where even that didn't seem like such a crazy idea." - Nikhil Goel"Thank you for helping us solve the world's hardest problems through hard work and determination."- Amy Sun"Whatever I do I promise to make it the most big and beloved. I will always be hustlin and truth seeking.You've launched a thousand of us, your disciples, out into Silicon Valley. Let's fucking do this. Game on." - Anonymous <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-resigns-scandals-harassment-2017-6">Travis Kalanick's resignation as CEO of Uber comes after a firestorm of scandals</a></h3> Please enable Javascript to watch this video

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