Air India pilots on Monday demanded payment of their salaries and incentives before November 20, 2009, failing which they would be forced to proceed on strike as per the notice given to the airline management.
“We have asked the management to pay our salary and incentives and come up with some positive steps for company’s turnaround by November 20.” Said Captain Shailendra Singh, president of Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association, after threeing with the Central Labour Commissioner (CLC) and airline management here. Terming the first around of talks as unproductive, he said the second round of talks would be held on November 20.
“If on that day too they fail give us some positive outcome then we would forced to proceed on strike the notice,” Singh said.
The pilot’s association, on November 2, had written a letter to Air India chairman-cum-managing director Arvind Jadhav for payment of their salaries and incentives by November 10, 2009, falling which they would be forced to proceed on strike from November 24.
They also demanded that the management should come up with a turnaround plan in which there should be no cut in the employee’s salaries.
Alleging that Indian pilots were being given step motherly treatment, Singh said” every month expats pilots are being paid their salaries and incentives and only Indian pilots are facing delay in payment .”
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