Public RelationsTalks between AI pilots, mgmt remain 'inconclusive'
Cash-strapped Air India may be heading for another strike after the meeting between the pilots and the airline management remained "inconclusive" today.
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"The talks remained "inconclusive" as the management was adamant over our demands, they have even refused to pay our due salaries and allowances and said that we will have to accept the cut," Capt Ravindra Kumar, regional secretary of Indian Commercial Pilots" Association, said after a three-hour long meeting at the Airlines House here.
"With such an attitude of the airline management, strike seems imminent," he said, adding the CMD Arvind Jadhav himself had called us for the talks but was not present in the meeting.
The pilots have been demanding an inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of the airline, implementation of uniform rules for all the employees of erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India and a turnaround plan from the management without any cut in the salaries of any employees.
The pilots" association, on November 2, had written a letter to Air India Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav for payment of their salaries and incentives by November 10, failing which they would be forced to proceed on strike from November 24.
But pilots, during their second round of conciliation talks with the management on November 20, had deferred their strike call from November 24 by six days on the request of the Chief Labour Commissioner, as the airline officials had asked for more time.
The first round of conciliation talks with the management on November 9 also remained "inconclusive".
The cash-strapped national carrier had suffer a loss of Rs 65 crore during the five-day stir by senior pilots of Air India in September.