300 Air India pilots on strike in Mumbai

Mumbai: More than 300 Air India (AI) pilots started a hunger protest on Monday in Mumbai. Of these, 10 pilots are on an indefinite hunger strike and will go on protesting till the airline relents and calls them for a talk. The pilots have been on a general strike from work since May 8. The strike entered its 48th day on Monday. More than 100 pilots are already on hunger strike in the national capital since Sunday morning.
The pilots on strike belong to the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) of the erstwhile AI. They mostly operate only long haul international flights. In May, more than 400 pilots had declared a strike in protest against the airline management's decision to train the erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots for the Dreamliner Boeing-787. The pilots said that this would affect their career progression. Around that time, the IPG was derecognised and around 100 pilots were sacked by the airline.
25/06/12 Chinmayi Shalya/Times of India

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