No end in sight to Air India pilots strike

New Delhi: There was no end in sight to the 49-day-old Air India pilots strike with the Government today making it clear that they have to return to work “unconditionally” and the pilots insisting that the orders to sack them be withdrawn immediately.
“We want them to come back (to work). All they have to do is to come back unconditionally to work. They never gave a notice (of going on strike). High Court has said it is illegal. I don’t even know what the issues are. They don’t know themselves. So, what can we do?” the Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Ajit Singh, said.
The pilots, who are on a 48-hour hunger strike here, alleged that the Minister was speaking in one voice and the airline management in another.
“There is a clear disconnect between the two,” Mr Tauseef Mukadam, Joint Secretary of the India Pilots Guild spearheading the agitation, told reporters.
“On the one hand, the Minister says come back to work, on the other hand they are talking about more terminations. There is a disconnect between what the Minister says and what the management is doing,” he said.
25/06/12 PTI/Business Line

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