Mumbai, June 28:
Striking Air India pilots got backing from a global
pilots’ body which extended them support and sought the intervention of
Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to end the deadlock that entered the
52nd day today.
In a letter to the DGCA, Mr E.K. Bharat Bhushan,
International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Association (IFALPA), said, “It is
our view that DGCA, as the responsible regulator, is in a unique position and
can make a very positive contribution towards ending this dispute.
“We would ask you to use your good offices to bring both
sides back to the negotiating table so that the differing views can be
resolved,” the IFALPA President, Capt Don Wykoff, said in the letter. Capt
Wykoff also said, “Whilst it is not our role to sit in judgement as to the
rights and wrongs of the dispute that seem centred on issues arising from the
Air India and Indian Airlines merger, we feel a duty to make every effort to
find a solution which is both fair and acceptable to both sides.”
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