Senior Kingfisher pilots forced to fly 'junior' aircraft

New Delhi: Days after trainee pilots at Kingfisher Airlines were forced to accept a pay cut, it's the turn of senior pilots, some whom spent over Rs 15 lakh out of their pocket to in training to fly the larger Airbus A340, which the airline was planning to buy.
But after Kingfisher cancelled their A340 order, the pilots have no planes to fly.
They are now being forced to fly the smaller A320 and accept a 20 per cent pay cut.
Their families are not taking too kindly to it
“We feel mistreated. We cant trust them anymore,” said wife of a Kingfisher pilot on conditions of anonymity.
Kingfisher has offered to pay for re-training the pilots to fly smaller aircraft but also wants them to sign a five-year bond tying them to the airline, something they are unwilling to do.
23/10/08 CNN-IBN/IBNLive.com

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