Government intervenes to cancel the Air India lockdown
Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav has said that there isn't even a slight possibility of a lockout. The PM meanwhile spoke to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel. All Air India flights could be canceled Monday midnight onwards for 15 days.
PULLING a much needed chord, the Aviation Ministry on Monday night intervened on the Air India crisis.
Air India has trashed reports of a possible lockout, the airlines' Chief Managing Director Arvind Jadhav has said that there isn't even a slight possibility of a lockout.
He also denied earlier reports that the airline was considering suspending all operations starting Monday midnight.
Jadhav says that the airline is still in the process of gauging the number of flights it can operate.
Highlights of Jadhav's words:
He also denied earlier reports that the airline was considering suspending all operations starting Monday midnight.
Jadhav says that the airline is still in the process of gauging the number of flights it can operate.
Highlights of Jadhav's words:
- No possibility of any lockout
- Assessment of the resources we have at hand
- Assessing how many flights we can operate
- Attempting to prevent further inconvenience to passengers
The management of Air India has decided to get tough with the pilots with little fruitful output. Jadhav arranged a meeting with some senior pilots, who've been calling in sick since Friday night. But the meeting ended without a breakthrough.
The Prime Minister meanwhile spoke to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel. All Air India flights could be canceled Monday midnight onwards for at least 15 days.
SMS-es are being sent to passengers to keep them updated on flight disruptions, if any. The toll-free number for more information is 18001801707.
In order to quarantine any possible chaos, the government is meeting representatives of all airlines on Tuesday (September 29), to ask them to accommodate Air India passengers. At least 15 flights were cancelled on Monday.
The aim seems to be to shut down for 15 days at least, implement all the pay cuts and cost cutting measures and only after it is a little more cost efficient, re-open the airline.
Pilots are going to be de-rostered which means they will not be scheduled to fly and all those who are leading the trouble like captain Bhalla are likely to be sacked.
Air India has aggressively pointed out that it is struggling with a 7000-crore loss. To reduce its expenditure, it needs to resort to serious cost-cutting. This reassessment includes reducing 400 crore on its manpower. Towards that, the airline has scrapped allowances for a hundred executive pilots who are not unionised. Those pilots say this will hit their salaries by as much as 50 per cent.
The outcome of this chaos, with the government's intervention, would need to be swift if it is to be amicable for all effected parties.
The Prime Minister meanwhile spoke to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel. All Air India flights could be canceled Monday midnight onwards for at least 15 days.
SMS-es are being sent to passengers to keep them updated on flight disruptions, if any. The toll-free number for more information is 18001801707.
In order to quarantine any possible chaos, the government is meeting representatives of all airlines on Tuesday (September 29), to ask them to accommodate Air India passengers. At least 15 flights were cancelled on Monday.
The aim seems to be to shut down for 15 days at least, implement all the pay cuts and cost cutting measures and only after it is a little more cost efficient, re-open the airline.
Pilots are going to be de-rostered which means they will not be scheduled to fly and all those who are leading the trouble like captain Bhalla are likely to be sacked.
Air India has aggressively pointed out that it is struggling with a 7000-crore loss. To reduce its expenditure, it needs to resort to serious cost-cutting. This reassessment includes reducing 400 crore on its manpower. Towards that, the airline has scrapped allowances for a hundred executive pilots who are not unionised. Those pilots say this will hit their salaries by as much as 50 per cent.
The outcome of this chaos, with the government's intervention, would need to be swift if it is to be amicable for all effected parties.
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