NEW DELHI: Air India may be headed for a fresh round of staff trouble. Constant delay in salary payment and the uncertainty surrounding pay cut following the implementation of Dharamadhikari committee report has forced the pilots of erstwhile Indian Airlines to call an emergency meeting of their union on Monday.
Their union, Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA), is going to discuss the payment of just about Rs 7,000-10,000 this month as only basic pay was given in March and not the flying allowances that account for over 80% of the total pay. "The morale of the airline staff has never been lower than it currently is. People are fed up with the never-ending financial troubles and the uncertainty over salary payment," said an ICPA member.
The ICPA is likely to authorize its office bearers to take any action they deem fit over the proposed pay cuts that implementing the Dharmadhikari committee report will lead to and the unending uncertainty over getting paid. "Our calculations show us that the pay cut for co-pilots will be up to 26% and for senior commanders, especially from Air India side, the cut will be almost 46% to 48%. This is not acceptable," said a member.
The union had recently sent current wage structures of a leading Indian full service carrier and three Gulf airlines to the AI management. "If they say they want us to be paid as per market norms, then they must go through these wage pacts as well," said a senior pilot.
On their part, a senior official said that the airline's performance has improved from revenue-generation side and costs have been brought down too. "UPA I had taken some seriously big ticket decisions (referring to aircraft purchase) and as the owner it has to infuse equity in the airline. Our systems have improved a lot and what we need now is liquidity to pay off creditors and employees," admitted an official.
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Their union, Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA), is going to discuss the payment of just about Rs 7,000-10,000 this month as only basic pay was given in March and not the flying allowances that account for over 80% of the total pay. "The morale of the airline staff has never been lower than it currently is. People are fed up with the never-ending financial troubles and the uncertainty over salary payment," said an ICPA member.
The ICPA is likely to authorize its office bearers to take any action they deem fit over the proposed pay cuts that implementing the Dharmadhikari committee report will lead to and the unending uncertainty over getting paid. "Our calculations show us that the pay cut for co-pilots will be up to 26% and for senior commanders, especially from Air India side, the cut will be almost 46% to 48%. This is not acceptable," said a member.
The union had recently sent current wage structures of a leading Indian full service carrier and three Gulf airlines to the AI management. "If they say they want us to be paid as per market norms, then they must go through these wage pacts as well," said a senior pilot.
On their part, a senior official said that the airline's performance has improved from revenue-generation side and costs have been brought down too. "UPA I had taken some seriously big ticket decisions (referring to aircraft purchase) and as the owner it has to infuse equity in the airline. Our systems have improved a lot and what we need now is liquidity to pay off creditors and employees," admitted an official.
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