Air India stir: IPG ready to talk to govt if sacked pilots taken back

New Delhi: The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), spearheading the 16-day-old strike, on Wednesday expressed willingness to talk "right now" with Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh if the 101 sacked Air India pilots were taken back.
In their first press conference since their agitation began on May 8, IPG joint secretary Tauseef Mukadam said, "We are absolutely ready to talk to the honourable minister...We are willing to go right now."
Asked what will be the "way out", he said, "We don't want our core demands to be met right now. Take back the pilots and give us an assurance that these demands will be discussed. ... We are not putting a gun on anyone's head or ever intend to do so. We are willing to join duty right now. It can be done in 15 minutes."
Mukadam and three of his IPG colleagues said they were also willing to write "another letter" to the minister seeking time from him to discuss the issues, adding that they had sought time from him earlier too when they began the strike.
23/05/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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