New Delhi: The government is trying to stave off a strike proposed by a section of Air India pilots from March 9.
Civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi today met members of the Air India pilots’ union to understand the discord between the management and the workers, said officials.
In a letter to the aviation minister, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) had sought a meeting with Ravi to explain how Air India chairman Arvind Jadhav was jeopardising the airline’s future by lowering the morale of employees to an all-time low, “leaving us with no other option but to go on strike”.
The ICPA had sent a notice to Jadhav stating that the pilots would strike work indefinitely from March 9, as the management had failed to ensure pay parity and better working conditions.
The association has claimed that there are differences in salaries and working conditions of pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India. It feels the management has violated an agreement to implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations.
The ICPA is also demanding payment of arrears since the date of the merger between Air India and Indian Airlines in 2007. The union represents some 800 pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines.
07/03/11 Telegraph
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