New Delhi/Mumbai: While the Kingfisher Airlines management has offered payment of three months of salary arrears to employees by Diwali (that falls around mid-November) in an effort to break the deadlock, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh told this newspaper that “it is difficult but not impossible for Kingfisher to fly again”.
After talks between the two sides in Mumbai which lasted over four hours, Kingfisher CEO Sanjay Aggarwal was quoted by news agencies as telling reporters in Mumbai, “We had a fruitful discussion. We have given time to the employees to consider the proposal that we will clear three months’ salary dues by Diwali.” He added that the airline would “very shortly” submit a comprehensive and detailed revival plan to aviation regulator DGCA for its approval. But there seemed divergent views on whether this offer by the airline should be accepted by employees. A section of employees are demanding a minimum payment of at least four months of salary arrears before they return to work while there are some others who are considering accepting the airline’s offer.
“We will discuss it with all employees and get back to the management by Thursday,” an engineer, who attended the talks, was quoted as telling reporters in Mumbai.
23/10/12 Asian Age
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After talks between the two sides in Mumbai which lasted over four hours, Kingfisher CEO Sanjay Aggarwal was quoted by news agencies as telling reporters in Mumbai, “We had a fruitful discussion. We have given time to the employees to consider the proposal that we will clear three months’ salary dues by Diwali.” He added that the airline would “very shortly” submit a comprehensive and detailed revival plan to aviation regulator DGCA for its approval. But there seemed divergent views on whether this offer by the airline should be accepted by employees. A section of employees are demanding a minimum payment of at least four months of salary arrears before they return to work while there are some others who are considering accepting the airline’s offer.
“We will discuss it with all employees and get back to the management by Thursday,” an engineer, who attended the talks, was quoted as telling reporters in Mumbai.
23/10/12 Asian Age
