Transport firm holds Air India staffers hostage for non-payment of dues

Mumbai: On Thursday the employees of national carrier Air India (AI) had to face the consequences of the airline’s non-payment of dues.
As the airline had defaulted on payment of £60,000 to the transport company, it took 11 of AI’s crew members hostage. The crew was allowed to go only after the airline gave them two cheques.
On June 23 at 8.30am, the cabin crew (CC) of AI’s London-Mumbai flight were picked up from their hotel by OSJ Transport Company.
“We thought that the coach was taking us to Heathrow airport. But the bus took us to the company’s transport yard, which was just five minutes away from the hotel,” said a crew member. “The company then called up our operations department and asked them to clear the pending dues,” she added.
Every day OSJ operates four ferry buses from Heathrow airport to the hotel where the AI crew is put up. They have been serving AI for the past two years and the company owes them £60,000 for the past three months.
27/06/11 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis

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