Air India Pilots Threaten Strike On Nov 30

Mumbai, Nov 23: The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), which represents a section of the pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines, has threatened to launch yet another agitation on November 30 if the government fails to honour its commitments made in May, an ICPA official said here today.

“We wrote two letters to Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi on September 23 and October 4 about pay parity and other irregularities. Our performance-linked incentives component of the last four months’ salary has still not been paid. Despite writing to them, they have not responded to our letters,” the ICPA official who did not wish to be named, said.

The official further alleged that the ministry is not serious about its assurance given to the pilots before they withdrew their ten-day strike on May 6.

“Since the ministry officials do not appear to be serious in resolving our issues, ICPA pilots are thinking of an agitation and have also not ruled out the possibility of another strike if their problems are not discussed before the November 30 deadline,” he said.

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