New Delhi: Loss-making Air India, whose fate will have to be decided by the next government, is facing a double whammy on the pilot front. The airline pays them for a fixed number of hours — irrespective of their actual flying — and then at a higher rate if pilots fly for more than those minimum hours.
AI has discovered that a substantial chunk of its 1,600 pilots (combined strength of erstwhile Indian Airlines and AI pilots) are flying much less than the fixed hours that they are paid for. And as a result, the remaining pilots have to fly more, forcing the airline to pay them at higher rates! Both the situations mean a big loss for the airline.
07/10/13 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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AI has discovered that a substantial chunk of its 1,600 pilots (combined strength of erstwhile Indian Airlines and AI pilots) are flying much less than the fixed hours that they are paid for. And as a result, the remaining pilots have to fly more, forcing the airline to pay them at higher rates! Both the situations mean a big loss for the airline.
07/10/13 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
