New Delhi: Surviving on taxpayers' money, Air India has decided it can no longer remain a gravy train at least for its employees. The airline has decided that pilots will now have to fly to get the emoluments they till now get irrespective of the number of hours spent in the cockpit.
Widebody and narrowbody pilots get $2,050 and $1,500 every month as layover subsistence allowance basically to meet their incidental expenses while flying abroad. This payment is made irrespective of the number of overseas flights they undertake. Now instead of getting this as a fixed amount, pilots will be paid on the basis of the time actually spent on board.
Similarly, executive pilots — senior most pilots who do management jobs or train others on simulators — used to be paid for a fixed 72 flying hours a month, irrespective of the actual flying they do. "Now they too will be paid as per actual flying. Many executive pilots fly for about 10 to 15 hours a month," said an official. To soften the blow for executive pilots, AI will give them an "executive flying allowance" of Rs 750 and Rs 900 per hour in addition to other payments.
09/04/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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Widebody and narrowbody pilots get $2,050 and $1,500 every month as layover subsistence allowance basically to meet their incidental expenses while flying abroad. This payment is made irrespective of the number of overseas flights they undertake. Now instead of getting this as a fixed amount, pilots will be paid on the basis of the time actually spent on board.
Similarly, executive pilots — senior most pilots who do management jobs or train others on simulators — used to be paid for a fixed 72 flying hours a month, irrespective of the actual flying they do. "Now they too will be paid as per actual flying. Many executive pilots fly for about 10 to 15 hours a month," said an official. To soften the blow for executive pilots, AI will give them an "executive flying allowance" of Rs 750 and Rs 900 per hour in addition to other payments.
09/04/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
