New Delhi: Indian aviation industry is facing a huge crisis with two major airlines staring at pilots going on strike, affecting flight schedules and throwing the travel plans of thousands of passengers into disarray. After several Air India pilots went on strike over differences with the management, it is the turn of cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines pilots to go on strike, protesting against non-payment of their salaries for the past few months.
Several Kingfisher pilots have taken sick leave and not reported for work on Thursday. The Kingfisher pilots decided to go on strike from Tuesday night due to delay in the payment of their salaries. All the Kingfisher pilots in Delhi have decided not to fly from Thursday night.
Sources say almost 80 per cent of the 90 Pilots based in north India are not operating any flights. They are also in talks with pilots in Mumbai to try and convince them not to fly. Kingfisher management pilots are operating most of the flights.
10/05/12 CNN-IBN/IBN Live
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