Air India Pilots Strike

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  Air India pilots end strike

  The court has said that the management must “sympathetically consider” reinstating the pilots who have been sacked during the strike for calling in sick or not showing up to work.

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  Air India Pays Pending Salaries To Pilots, Avoids Strike

  The Air India management today paid pending flying allowance dues to over 800 pilots. The dues which accrued following the implementation of a new pay structure have been pending since January.

• Air India pilots, cabin crew will have to put in more flying hours

  According to the analysis, the pilots were found operating flights for 6.5 hours on domestic and seven hours on international sectors, against the DGCA guidelines of nine and 10 hours respectively.

• Air India winter flight schedule hit by non-availability of pilots

  The scheduling of international flights, including those to new destinations, which Air India will fly this winter has been affected as the fate of sacked 101 pilots is still hanging in balance. The availability of the exact number of pilots is a crucial factor in deciding how many flights an airline would be able to operate.

• Air India pilots to end strike

  The Delhi High Court has asked the airline to reinstate the 101 pilots who had been sacked during the strike.

• Air India pilots end strike

  The court has said that the management must “sympathetically consider” reinstating the pilots who have been sacked during the strike for calling in sick or not showing up to work.

• Blog: An Air India pilot on hunger strike

  It is the 55th day of the pilots' agitation and the eighth day of their hunger protest. The pilots of erstwhile Air India were victims of prejudice and bias by the top management of the airline dominated by personnel of the erstwhile Indian Airlines.

• Two Air India pilots on hunger strike

  Two striking Air India pilots were in serious state on Wednesday as their physical condition worsened on the fourth day of their indefinite fast demanding withdrawal of sacking orders against 101 pilots and recognition of Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG).

• Maharaja lost over Rs 500 crore in 50 days

  The stalemate between Air India and the Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG), which completed 50 days on Monday, doesn't seem like it will be resolved anytime soon. While the pilots have gone on an indefinite hunger strike to pressurise the management, the latter stands firm on its decision. In the meantime, MiD DAY conducted an audit of the loss suffered by...

• Air India pilots to go on indefinite hunger strike from today

  Upping the ante as their agitation enters the 48th day, Air India pilots will today begin an indefinite hunger-strike in the national capital to highlight their demands relating to career progression and other issues.

• Kerala seeks chartered flights from Middle East

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday that he favours chartered flights from the Middle East to clear the rush in the wake of cancellations by Air India. He told the Kerala assembly that he had sought the necessary support for this from the central government.

• Delhi High Court issues notice to Centre, Air India on striking pilots' plea for salary

  The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Air India management to respond to a plea of striking pilots that their salaries and other pecuniary benefits have not been paid.

• Striking pilots threaten hunger strike; Prime Minister's Office attempts to break deadlock: Sources

  Air India pilots strike, Ajit Singh, Civil Aviation Minister, Air India, pilots sacked

• Air India plans to hire pilots to run long-haul international flights

  With no end in sight to the Air India pilots' strike, the national carrier has firmed up plans to hire new cockpit crew to run its long-haul international operations which have been hit by the 29-day long agitation. Hiring of new batches of pilots is part of a new business plan for international operations, which the ailing carrier is likely to an...

• Air India pilots may call off strike: Sources

  The strike by the pilots of Air India, which has entered its 26th day, may finally be called off, according to sources.