New Delhi: Air India’s executive pilots, who are keeping the carrier running in the wake of a crippling strike by their juniors, today complained of stress and said they would not be able to carry on “much longer”. In a letter to civil aviation minister Ajit Singh, the pilots stated they did not want to jeopardise the lives of the passengers and crew.
The senior and management-level cockpit crew has been operating 38 out of 45 flights as part of a truncated international schedule after nearly 400 pilots went on strike from May 7 to protest the alleged discrimination in career progression vis-à-vis their counterparts in the erstwhile Indian Airlines.
“We are fatigued and stressed and do not want to jeopardise the lives of our passengers and crew. In the light of the above mentioned problem (strike), we don’t want to be held responsible or blamed by the management for disruption of the flight schedule, further alienating passengers who have continued to have faith and trust in us,” the Executive Pilots’ Association said in the letter to Singh.
16/06/12 The Telegraph
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