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With around 100 pilots threatening to quit, as 23 Air India pilots reported sick leading to cancellation of 10 international flights and the State-owned airline could face more trouble.
The pilots belonging to the Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG), which has pilots of the erstwhile Air India as its members, are headed for a confrontation charging the management today with adopting discriminatory attitude against them and stalling their career progression.
The threat to quit could hit Air India’s international operations and comes on the back of cancellation of the 10 flights of its low budget arm “Air India Express” in the last seven days. Air India sources said that 10 commanders and 13 co-pilots reported sick during this period.
The Gulf sector remained unaffected but the Kolkata-Dhaka and Chennai-Singapore sectors were hit, the sources said.The threat to quit came four days ahead of the launch of a training programme for pilots.
The pilots belonging to the Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG), which has pilots of the erstwhile Air India as its members, are headed for a confrontation charging the management today with adopting discriminatory attitude against them and stalling their career progression.
The threat to quit could hit Air India’s international operations and comes on the back of cancellation of the 10 flights of its low budget arm “Air India Express” in the last seven days. Air India sources said that 10 commanders and 13 co-pilots reported sick during this period.
The Gulf sector remained unaffected but the Kolkata-Dhaka and Chennai-Singapore sectors were hit, the sources said.The threat to quit came four days ahead of the launch of a training programme for pilots.
