Mumbai: Thirty-nine first officers of Air India have written to the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Director General of Civil Aviation, protesting against the carrier’s decision to place them on contractual employment.
The co-pilots, who presently operate the Airbus A320 fleet, claim that the move was conducted arbitrarily and is in breach of the conditions of the offer letters that they were issued in 2011.
In the letter, a copy of which was seen by BusinessLine, the co-pilots said they are being paid an ad-hoc amount of ?1.5 lakh gross (monthly) since October 2013 irrespective of the number of hours flown. The company is withholding their entitlements to force them into signing the contracts for fixed-term employment, they allege.
The co-pilots have threatened to strike work if their demands are not met.
27/11/14 Adith Charlie/Business Line
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
The co-pilots, who presently operate the Airbus A320 fleet, claim that the move was conducted arbitrarily and is in breach of the conditions of the offer letters that they were issued in 2011.
In the letter, a copy of which was seen by BusinessLine, the co-pilots said they are being paid an ad-hoc amount of ?1.5 lakh gross (monthly) since October 2013 irrespective of the number of hours flown. The company is withholding their entitlements to force them into signing the contracts for fixed-term employment, they allege.
The co-pilots have threatened to strike work if their demands are not met.
27/11/14 Adith Charlie/Business Line
