Air India pilots' strike the longest pilot stir in 40 years

Mumbai: The hunger protest by the pilots of Air India (AI) entered its sixth day on Friday. The pilots have been on strike for more than 50 days now, making it the longest running pilots' strike in the last 40 years. They went on strike on May 8 to protest against the airline's decision to train the erstwhile Indian Airlines (IC) pilots for the soon-to-be inducted Dreamliner aircraft. The union of the AI pilots, Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG) was derecognised by the airline when they went on strike.
On Wednesday, the members of the derecognised unions released a press note saying that the strike is the longest strike in the last 40 years. In 1993, pilots of IC had gone on strike and the airline had adopted the same indifferent approach. To replace the pilots, the airline recruited more pilots from Uzbekistan airways.
29/06/12 Chinmayi Shalya/Times of India

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