Air India prepared for the worst, pilots adamant

New Delhi: With no resolution in sight to the Air India pilots strike, the Civil Aviation Ministry seems ready to crack the whip. Do 300 pilots of the erstwhile Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) stand to loose their jobs? And what would that mean for the airline?
Nearly 440 Air India pilots have been on agitation for over 35 days, of which 101 have been sacked already, and the remaining still refuse to return to work.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has said that the strike is as good as over and they do have a back-up plan if the need arises.
"It is for the Air India management to take action now. These pilots are off duty for more than 30 days. It is an illegal strike, they have defied the High Court. We have requested them to come back to work. Now it is up to the management to decide till when they can keep these pilots on their payroll," he said.
11/06/12 Karma Paljor/CNN-IBN/IBN Live

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