Mumbai: A substantial number of Air India's international flights may be delayed or cancelled on Tuesday with a section of cabin crew members, operating on wide body planes, threatening to launch an agitation. Post-noon, domestic flights from Mumbai could also be hit.
After sternly handling the strike by pilots of Air India (international) last year, the airline has again decided to take stern action against crew members who participate in the demonstration and delay or disrupt flights. The airline has also got a restraining order from the Bombay high court, forbidding protesting staffers from going within a 500-m radius of the airport. The main threat of agitation is in the city where the protesting cabin crew members are backed by a local party. "Like all airlines, we want our cabin crew members to report according to their duty time stipulated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
12/11/13 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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After sternly handling the strike by pilots of Air India (international) last year, the airline has again decided to take stern action against crew members who participate in the demonstration and delay or disrupt flights. The airline has also got a restraining order from the Bombay high court, forbidding protesting staffers from going within a 500-m radius of the airport. The main threat of agitation is in the city where the protesting cabin crew members are backed by a local party. "Like all airlines, we want our cabin crew members to report according to their duty time stipulated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
12/11/13 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
