On January 13 in New Delhi Air India pilots took a decision to go on “no-pay-no-work” stirring from friday mid night.As they are arguing against for non-payment of their salary and allowances.

A pilot who is affiliated with the ongoing said that, In Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai pilots held a meeting and took a decision to go on the stirring from friday midnight.

One of the pilot said when oil companies declines to sell jet fuel to airline management,At the time airline management can pay the oil companies.As airline management also can pay for car rental when the company asks for payment but the airline management dont have the money to pay for the employees for months.

From saturday morning the decision of the pilots is likely to affect the flights,however an airline spokesperson earlier said there is “no agitation” by the Air India employees and all operations of Air India are normal and no flights have been cancelled.

“A section of the media has reported that Air India employees are to go on strike from January 14. Air India would like to state that people should not be misled by false news which have been spread with a mala fide intention of tarnishing the airline’s reputation.

“There is no agitation by the Air India employees and all operations of Air India are normal and no flights have been cancelled,” the airline spokesperson said in a statement.

The pilots said they would be on agitation till the government pays our due allowances for five months, which is 80-85 per cent of “our salary component”.  

Though the cash-strapped airline made payment to some the pilots, it was only of a month, the pilots said adding “the government should assure us that there would not be any deferment of our salary in future”.

In April-May last year, around 800 pilots associated with Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), an association of erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots, had gone on a 10-day strike demanding pay parity and better working conditions.  

The 10-day strike from April 26 to May 6 had caused major disruption of the national carrier’s flights and a loss of around Rs 200 crore to the airlines.

The Indian Commercial Pilots Association had arrive at one conclusion if nothing comes a favor from management and the Chief Labour Commissioner even after the talks,They decided to go on strike. (TS)