Mumbai: The Boeing 787 training issue has pitted Air India’s two pilot unions against each other.
First, the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) threatened mass resignation and took the issue court. Now, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association, which represents ex-Indian Airlines pilots, is also threatening mass resignations.
Today, the AI management decided to defer the earlier schedule for training of pilots on the Boeing 787 plane by a month. This was after protests by IPG, representing pilots of the pre-merger Air India.
The airline's lawyers said so to the high court here; the judges are hearing a petition by the Guild challenging the management's decision to also select pilots from the erstwhile Indian Airlines (IA) for the Boeing 787 posts.
IPG has accused ICPA and the management of unethical collusion to dilute the promotion chances of their members. ICPA has said IPG is reneging on an earlier stance to let ex-IA pilots fly the Boeing 787.
“There are 850 erstwhile IA pilots who are now demanding a NOC (for quitting) from the management and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation if there is no career progression and parity implemented in this month, and any action on our part should not be construed against us,” ICPA general secretary Rishabh Kapur wrote in a letter to airline chairman Rohit Nandan, indicating willingness to quit the airline.
03/11/11 Business Standard
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