AI Express crew threaten strike

Mumbai: About 400 cabin crew members of Air India Express, the low-cost airline owned by the National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Monday because the company has decided not to renew their contracts, which expire this year.
NACIL also operates the national carrier, Air India.
According to the Aviation Industry Employees Guild (AIEG), the union representing the crew, the airline plans to outsource cabin crew services to a private agency.
In March, contracts of 49 flight attendants, who earned a monthly salary of Rs 8,000 and a flying allowance of Rs 200 per flight, expired. Every two months from now, contracts of similar batches would end.
Private cabin crew training agencies such as Next Generation have started advertising themselves as the official recruiter for the airline.
The institute is offering on-job training to aspiring airhostess. As a result, they pass on cheap manpower to the airline for a measly stipend and make commissions from the deal, claim airline sources.
06/05/10 Hindustan Times

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