Civil Aviation
Minister Ajit Singh warned on Friday that Air India would hire new pilots if
the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) did not end its strike soon.
At a meeting with five
pilots owing allegiance to the IPG, Mr. Singh made it clear that the strike, if
it continued, was likely to impact the payment of wage arrears to all employees
by June, as promised by the government. “We can think of hiring new pilots,” he
said. Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rohit Nandan joined the
90-minute meeting at the fag end.
The IPG, which has
been at loggerheads with the management over its decision to let the erstwhile
Indian Airlines pilots undergo training to fly Boeing 787 Dreamliner, is
holding consultations with legal experts to decide on its course of action. It
has been insisting on the reinstatement of 101 dismissed pilots and a solution
to issues relating to their career growth.
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