AI to take call on keeping striking pilots on payroll: Ajit Singh

New Delhi: As Air India mulled sacking 300 striking Air India pilots, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Monday said the management should take a call now on how long can the airline keep the defiant pilots on its payroll if they stayed away for work.
With the 36-day-old strike showing no signs of being called off, the troubled national carrier meanwhile set up a committee to review its global operations to find out how many pilots are actually required to operate the international flights.
This committee would advise the management on the actual number of pilots needed to run Air India's international operations, airline officials said, adding it was felt that the carrier had far more pilots than it needed.
11/06/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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