Union Minister for
Civil Aviation Ajit Singh on Sunday said Air India was planning to induct and
train more pilots in the wake of the stir by pilots. He stressed the need for
the airline to become competitive with the rest of the industry for its
survival.
Talking to journalists
on the sidelines of a book release function here, he said: “I don’t understand
why they are on strike. There are no issues.” Whatever few issues they had, the
Dharmadhikari report was meant to address them. “We have already started
discussions.”
Mr. Singh pointed out
that pilots did not give any strike notice and the court had called it
‘illegal.” He asked them to get back to work.
He recalled his
assurance to Parliament that the government would not be vindictive and listen
to “their problems” if the pilots returned to work.
Referring to the
Cabinet nod for a Rs.30,000-crore package for making Air India viable, he said
there were many milestones to be reached. “Nobody is going to give any more
public money to Air India. Pilots need to understand that it was in their own
interest to revive Air India.”
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