Mumbai: The recent 10-day strike by Air India pilots, which grounded thousands of passengers earlier this month, is now taking a toll on the airline’s employees. The national carrier on Wednesday issued a circular saying that it will not be able to pay staff salaries before the 10th of every month until losses incurred owing to the strike are recovered.
The strike had grounded 90% of the airline’s domestic operations and led to losses close to Rs200 crore.
Sources said that the management is also likely to cut the salaries of pilots affiliated to the Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA), the union that spearheaded the strike. “Now our colleagues are also cursing us,” said an upset ICPA member.
Worse, nine pilots, who are ICPA office bearers and were sacked by the airline during the strike, are yet to be reinstated.
On Wednesday, the ICPA approached civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi alleging that the management is yet to re-instate the nine pilots.
The union’s letter to the minister stated that cancelling of termination orders was one of the main conditions of the agreement it signed with the government before calling off the strike.
12/05/11 Hindustan Times
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