400 Jet pilots go on sick leave

New Delhi: Around 400 Jet Airways pilots went on sick leave late Monday night. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Aviators Guild (NAG) — a recently formed Jet Airways pilots’ union. The decision would come as a setback to the private airline, especially since NAG had earlier in the day called off their proposed strike from midnight of September 7.
The reason the strike was called off was that the conciliation meeting with the management was still on. Going ahead with the strike once the conciliatory procedure is on is illegal.
However, during the day itself, pilots who are part of the guild said they would go ahead and protest in different ways, like going on leave.
The union, which has the support of over 650 pilots, had called for an indefinite strike from the midnight of September 7.
The NAG is demanding the reinstatement of two pilots — Sam Thomas and G Balaraman — who, according to the guild, were terminated from services without any specific reason.
08/09/09 Business Standard

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