Air India strike enters 55th day, two more pilots hospitalised

New Delhi: The Air India strike continued for its 55th day Saturday, taking the national carrier's revenue losses to an estimated Rs.605 crore, while two more of the agitating pilots on a hunger strike were hospitalised.
"Two more pilots who are on hunger strike have been hospitalised. They (pilots) have been on an indefinite hunger strike since last Sunday," Rohit Kapahi, committee member of the Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG), told IANS.
"The doctors are monitoring the health of all the other pilots who are on hunger strike."
The pilots are demanding reinstatement of their 101 sacked colleagues and recognition of their union, IPG. However, the airline's management has maintained that pilots must end their strike first and that the sacked pilots will be reinstated on a case-by-case basis.
30/06/12 IANS/Economic Times

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