Air India climbs down to set up panel on pay cut

New Delhi: The National Aviation Company Ltd, or Nacil, which runs state-owned Air India, today agreed to form a committee to look into the productivity-linked incentive (PLI), or flying allowance, paid to executive pilots. The executive pilots will get full salary until the committee comes out with its report.
This is a softening of stand by the Nacil management, which had on Wednesday announced a cut in PLI ranging from 25 per cent to 50 per cent. This was a trigger for pilots to go on a not-so-successful strike.
Some executive pilots have not reported for work since Friday night, disrupting 34 out of 400 flights on Saturday.
Today’s announcement came after a three-hour meeting between the management and 20 executive pilots in Mumbai.
However, V K Bhalla, the representative of the agitating executive pilots, said the pilots in Mumbai were never a part of the agitation, so they could not negotiate. “Pilots in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai will continue their agitation and will report sick,” he said.
The committee will consist of executive director (finance), executive director (industrial relations), general manager (operations) and representatives of the agitating executive pilots.
28/09/09 Business Standard

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Categories: Air India Domestic Sep 2009, NACIL Sep 2009