Ajit Singh meets unions

New Delhi/Mumbai: Two striking Air India pilots returned to work on Monday as the agitation by over 200 pilots entered the fourteenth day with Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh asking airline unions to help end the impasse.
“Two members of the now derecognised Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) resumed duties today,” an Air India spokesperson said taking the total number of “sick” pilots getting back to work to five.
Trying to find a way out to resolve the deadlock, Mr. Singh met leaders of 10 recognised unions of Air India in Delhi and appealed to them to persuade the IPG to call off their strike.
Pradeep Dhobley, General Secretary of AI Engineers’ Association, said the unions also jointly urged Mr. Singh to “come out with a compromise formula and assure that the (71 sacked) pilots would be reinstated.”
The minister sought support of all recognised unions of Air India to restore its financial health and its past glory.
21/05/12 PTI/The Hindu

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