While the November 20 meeting between National Aviators Guild - the pilots' union - and the management has been postponed to November 26, a section of the pilots' has asked for the salary arrears to be paid by the end of the month.
"If the demand is not met, the pilots may look at other options as declining work," said a source. When asked if the pilots would consider going on a strike, the executive declined to comment.
The Guild has asked for immediate regularisation of salary payments. The pilots are yet to be paid 25 percent of the September salary and that for the whole of October.
While pilots continue to report to work, many of them have declined to do additional duties.
"Earlier, pilots would do overtime, and come to duty even on off days. Not anymore. What is the incentive when everything is only on pay slips and you don't get it?" an executive told Moneycontrol.
Each airline has its own guidelines on how many hours a pilot should fly a month and it may vary from 70 hours to 80 hours. If a pilot flies more than that, it is considered overtime.
Sources added the flight cancellation on November 18 - when 10 flights did not take off from Mumbai - was due to a rostering issue that arose because of pilots declining additional duties.
Jet Airways has about 2,000 pilots
21/11/18 Prince Mathews Thomas/Moneycontrol News
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"If the demand is not met, the pilots may look at other options as declining work," said a source. When asked if the pilots would consider going on a strike, the executive declined to comment.
The Guild has asked for immediate regularisation of salary payments. The pilots are yet to be paid 25 percent of the September salary and that for the whole of October.
While pilots continue to report to work, many of them have declined to do additional duties.
"Earlier, pilots would do overtime, and come to duty even on off days. Not anymore. What is the incentive when everything is only on pay slips and you don't get it?" an executive told Moneycontrol.
Each airline has its own guidelines on how many hours a pilot should fly a month and it may vary from 70 hours to 80 hours. If a pilot flies more than that, it is considered overtime.
Sources added the flight cancellation on November 18 - when 10 flights did not take off from Mumbai - was due to a rostering issue that arose because of pilots declining additional duties.
Jet Airways has about 2,000 pilots
21/11/18 Prince Mathews Thomas/Moneycontrol News
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