Air India strike enters 15th day; pilots not listening, Ajit Singh says

New Delhi: Striking Air India pilots have "not listened" to the continued appeals by the government to withdraw their agitation even though it has been promised that there would be no victimisation, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said on Tuesday.
"I committed in the House that no victimisation would be done...but pilots are not listening. That is where the situation stands today," he told the Rajya Sabha even as members from both sides expressed concern over the ongoing strike and its impact on passengers.
Maintaining that Air India's image has been "dented" by the strike, he said the stir has come during the peak season and at a time when its revenue had gone up to 35 per cent and ontime performance was improving.
Pointing out that the high court has stuck down their strike as "illegal", he regretted the fact that the striking pilots who reported sick were neither sick nor had visited doctors.
22/05/12 PTI/Times of India

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