Mumbai: The cold war between Air India pilots and the airlines' management has been fuelled again.
While the management is still dealing with the swirling rumours that the airlines is overworking its pilots, pilots have retaliated by warning the management that they may not be able to exercise the necessary levels of concentration and alertness during flying hours due to niggling worries about their financial situation, in the wake of AI's non-payment of several months' salary due to them.
In a letter written by the Pilots' Guild, the members declared that would not owe any accountability in the event of any accident that led to loss or damage.
The national carrier has a family of 44,000 employees, but going by recent allegations leveled against it, the management's attitude towards this family has been nothing short of step-motherly.
The pilots claim that they have not been receiving payment for the past two to three months.
With their backs reportedly against the wall, they have had to knock on the doors of the top officials, including that of the Civil Aviation Secretary Nasim Zaidi and DGCA chief E K Bhartbhushan, to request the speedy payment of their pending remuneration.
The pilots have claimed that the anxiety stemming from such non-payments of their dues has given rise to undue mental stress, which can act as a major source of distraction during flights.
22/06/11 Bipin Kumar Singh/MiD DAY
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