Mumbai, July 4:
A day after
calling off their strike, Air India pilots said that it may be another two
months before flight operations normalise.
“We have
started the procedure of joining work. However, this will take time. The pilots
have to undergo medical tests and other procedures. These may take anywhere
between 2 weeks to 2 months. It all depends on the AI management,” Captain
Tauseef Mukadam, Joint Secretary of Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), told the media
here on Wednesday.
The strike was
called off on the Delhi High Court’s directive, following the management
agreeing to give a “sympathetic assurance” to the pilots’ grievance. It will
also include reinstatement of the 101 pilots (including the 10 office bearers
of the IPG) terminated during the 58-day long strike.
The
reconciliation process will start on July 6 between the IPG and AI management
in the presence of the Chief Labour Commissioner. “The report of the
reconciliation proceedings will be tabled before the High Court on July 9, and
then, they will decide on further action,” Captain Tauseef said.
The pilots were
hopeful that the management will fulfil the demands of IPG and amicably settle
the dispute. When asked about the issue of reinstatement of the 10 pilots and
de-recognition of IPG by AI management, he said that all these will be brought
up with the management during the reconciliatory process.
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