Mumbai: Jet Airways today sought a month's time to clear about Rs 100 crore worth of salary arrears of its pilots, who have been expressing their ire against the delay in making the payment, airline sources said.
The management's plea came during an almost six-hour meeting with representatives of pilots at the airline's headquarters here this afternoon, the sources said.
The meeting was attended by chief executive-designate Cramer Ball and other officials while the pilots' representatives came under the banner of National Aviators Guild ( NAG) which acts as an interface between the pilots and the management.
The pilots, who had a week ago warned of an agitation if the management did not come out with a concrete repayment plan by today, are learnt to have said they would "look into" the management's proposal for a one month delay.
"At today's meeting, the management requested the pilots to grant it one month time on the issue (payment of salary arrears). The pilots, however, responded by saying that they will look into the request after consulting with their other colleagues," the sources told PTI here.
20/08/14 PTI/Economic Times
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The management's plea came during an almost six-hour meeting with representatives of pilots at the airline's headquarters here this afternoon, the sources said.
The meeting was attended by chief executive-designate Cramer Ball and other officials while the pilots' representatives came under the banner of National Aviators Guild ( NAG) which acts as an interface between the pilots and the management.
The pilots, who had a week ago warned of an agitation if the management did not come out with a concrete repayment plan by today, are learnt to have said they would "look into" the management's proposal for a one month delay.
"At today's meeting, the management requested the pilots to grant it one month time on the issue (payment of salary arrears). The pilots, however, responded by saying that they will look into the request after consulting with their other colleagues," the sources told PTI here.
20/08/14 PTI/Economic Times
