MUMBAI: Air India
has dismissed 10 pilots and derecognised the Indian Pilots Guild, the
association attached to the national carrier, after more than 100 pilots
reported sick and stayed away from work.
"The Indian Pilots
Guild has been derecognised and the services of 10 executive
committee members of the association have been terminated," said a company
spokesperson.
The IPG pilots, who belong to the
pre-merger Air India, are protesting the management's decision to train their
colleagues from the erstwhile Indian Airlines on flying the long-haul
Dreamliner plane, the first of which is expected to arrive later this month.
The Indian Pilots Guild have been
demanding exclusive right for its pilots to fly the Dreamliners.
It feels a decision to allow erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots to fly the
aircraft could hurt the career prospects of the original Air India pilots.
On Tuesday, the carrier cancelled
five international flights, including services to Chicago, Jeddah and New York.
Earlier in the day, Civil Aviation
Minister Ajit Singh
had called the Air India pilots' strike "inappropriate" and
"illegal".
"A strike needs a notice in
advance. The Air India pilots have called in sick. Such kind of strike is
illegal," Singh said.
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