Tunisair (TU, Tunis) Director and Secretary General Rebah Jrad has asked the Tunisian government to finance a restructuring plan that aims to reduce its staff numbers to competitive levels following a $98.3 million USD loss in 2011. Tunisair like many government owned national carriers in the region is known to be overstaffed and has so far always been faced with major strike threats when its manageement had previously proposed similar plans.