Air India's contingency plan in peril as 30 executive pilots report sick

New Delhi: The situation at Air India, which has witnessed 42 days of pilots strike, might snowball in the coming days as nearly 30 executive pilots reported sick on Tuesday citing excessive work pressure. This could result in more flight cancellations making it difficult for the national carrier to stick even to the contingency plan.
Meanwhile, the last ditch effort of executive pilots to speak to the AI management and the aviation ministry to plead on behalf of the 300 striking pilots of the Indian Pilots Guild yielded no breakthrough.
Executive pilots are senior commanders, who spend more time doing managerial duty than flying duty. They, being part of the management, are generally not allowed to take part in any industrial action. The airline has about 120 executive pilots, who have been deployed on flying duty.
20/06/12 Economic Times

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