New Delhi: The government of India's recent announcement that it plans to sell Air India (AI) has made some of the sportspersons employed with the national carrier anxious.

"Of course, we are all worried about what is happening," India hockey legend Dhanraj Pillay, an AI employee, told mid-day on Monday. "I have been with Air India for 18 years. I don't know what is going to happen next and who is going to buy it. Nothing is confirmed so far. Besides us sportspersons, there are thousands of other employees of Air India too. And there are many who are still repaying their loans," added Pillay a four-time Olympian and World Cupper.