New Delhi: With the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) toughening its stand that the crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airline will not be allowed to fly unless staff salaries are paid, the lock-out declared by the carrier will not end on Thursday.
Even as the DGCA stance was backed by civil aviation minister Ajit Singh, talks between the management, striking engineers and pilots failed in Mumbai on Wednesday. The much-expected report on the airline was submitted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to the minister on Wednesday. The report is said to have presented a bleak picture on the safety front. It is understood that while raising serious concerns over the non-payment of salary, the DGCA maintained that safety of the airline, which announced lock out on Monday, was “seriously jeopardised.”
Indicating that the airline would not be allowed to take off any time soon, it informed the minister that it has asked the carrier to submit concrete plan before resuming operations.
03/10/12 Deccan Herald
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Even as the DGCA stance was backed by civil aviation minister Ajit Singh, talks between the management, striking engineers and pilots failed in Mumbai on Wednesday. The much-expected report on the airline was submitted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to the minister on Wednesday. The report is said to have presented a bleak picture on the safety front. It is understood that while raising serious concerns over the non-payment of salary, the DGCA maintained that safety of the airline, which announced lock out on Monday, was “seriously jeopardised.”
Indicating that the airline would not be allowed to take off any time soon, it informed the minister that it has asked the carrier to submit concrete plan before resuming operations.
03/10/12 Deccan Herald
