New Delhi: The Air India (AI) management has set up a committee to look into reinstatement of pilots, whose services were terminated during the recent strike, on case by case basis, the Delhi High Court was informed on Friday.
Submitting a report before Justice Reva Khetrapal, conciliation officer Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) S K Chand said conciliation proceedings were held between Air India management and its pilots on day-to-day basis following court's July 9 order.
In the report, the officer said that during the proceeding, the management had informed that with regard to the pilots' demand for the reinstatement of sacked pilots, a committee has been constituted which will examine the individual request of the sacked pilots on case-by-case basis.
"The management representatives submitted that in connection with the demand of reinstatement of terminated pilots, it may be stated that a Committee has been constituted," Chand said in the report claiming that prolonged discussions were held between the parties in a very conducive atmosphere....
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06:04 PM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Air India pilots have ended their strike, but the airline remains in crisis. After 58 days of strike and flight cancellations, the national carrier made a loss of over Rs 600 crore. The pilots' apology will not undo the damage. Thousands of passengers were disgruntled, many of whom swore never to travel in Air India again. The airline is critical. A conservative estimate by the Civil Aviation...
09:47 AM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Air India pilots on Wednesday confirmed the end of the strike, saying they will the conciliation process from July 6. "We respect the sentiments and the order of High Court. We have started the procedure of joining work. We are hopeful of management appreciating steps of resolving the issue. We hope that the issues will sorted in a time bound manner," Captain Rohit Kapahi said, while representing...
11:08 AM, Jul 04, 2012
The 58-day long strike of the Air India pilots finally came to an end on Tuesday evening. ...
08:53 AM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: The agitating Air India pilots on Tuesday called off their two-month-old strike, following assurance from the management. The representatives of the pilots on strike said that 434 pilots would give affidavits indicating their willingness to return to work. This comes after the Air India management also assured that it would consider reinstating the 100 sacked pilots. The striking pilots had earlier on Tuesday promised the Delhi High Court...
11:30 PM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after promising that they would return to work, the striking Air India pilots are now refusing to end their strike despite assurances from the management. They had earlier promised the Delhi High Court that they would return to work within the next 48 hours. Representatives of the pilots on strike had even said that 434 pilots would give affidavits indicating their willingness to return to work. The...
08:56 PM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: With no resolution in sight to the Air India pilots strike, the Civil Aviation Ministry seems ready to crack the whip. Do 300 pilots of the erstwhile Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) stand to loose their jobs? And what would that mean for the airline? Nearly 440 Air India pilots have been on agitation for over 35 days, of which 101 have been sacked already, and the remaining still...
08:48 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Wednesday stood his ground on the Air India strike. He snubbed striking pilots, saying they will have to reapply for a job as the airline will hire new pilots. It has been 30 days since the Air India pilot strike began forcing the airline to suspend key international operations. Meanwhile, in Delhi and Mumbai, pilots of the erstwhile Indian Pilots Guild took...
06:39 PM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: Air India is going to induct about 100 new pilots in the next few months, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday while virtually shutting the doors for striking pilots, asking those sacked to apply afresh. Indicating that the 101 sacked pilots could be replaced by new ones, Singh said 90 pilots were currently undergoing training and would be available for flying in August. "We're making sure...
05:28 PM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: There are cracks in the Indian pilots guild over the ongoing strike by Air India pilots as three pilots have reported back to work on Wednesday. Reacting to the development, Jitendra Awhad, the president of the IPG, dismissed the reports as rumours, accusing the management of playing dirty politics. He asserted that none of the pilots from the IPG or the affiliated group had reported back to work....
07:15 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday said that Air India will have to perform to get a bailout package from the government and that it was the last chance for the national carrier. The civil aviation minister informed Parliament that Air India lost Rs 150 crore due to ongoing strike of the pilots. He further urged the pilots to get back to work, saying "if pilots...
08:17 PM, May 15, 2012
Mumbai: Air India on Wednesday deferred for a month a training programme for pilots selected to fly the soon-to-be inducted Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a bid to pacify a section of disgruntled pilots who threatened to go on strike. "We have deferred the training schedule for a month. Now, the first batch would be imparted the training at Singapore in December and not in November as decided earlier," an Air...
03:50 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: There is more trouble likely for the Air India management as it braces itself for one more round of unrest from the pilots. Over a hundred pilots have threatened to resign in protest against the management as some of them have not been given a chance to fly the dreamliner aircrafts. The members of the Indian Pilots Guild of the erstwhile Air India are miffed with the management...
08:05 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Air India pilots union on Friday threatened to go on strike claiming that they were being discriminated against. The union has as many as 400 pilots from erstwhile Air India. The pilots have alleged that no career progression plan is in place. They said that the erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots were being given priority for 787 dreamliner training. A decision on the strike will be taken by...
12:21 PM, Oct 28, 2011
New Delhi: Strike by Air India pilots was called off late on Friday night. The strike ends after a 10-day standoff between the government, Air India management and pilots. Indian Commercial Pilots Association (IPCA) said all the striking pilots sacked and suspended are being reinstated. All pilots will go back to work after 10 pm on Friday. Over 800 pilots, belonging to the erstwhile Indian Airlines and owing allegiance to...
09:07 PM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: Strike by Air India pilots was called off late on Friday night. The strike ends after a 10-day standoff between the government, Air India management and pilots. Indian Commercial Pilots Association (IPCA) said all the striking pilots sacked and suspended are being reinstated. All pilots will go back to work after 10 pm on Friday. Over 800 pilots, belonging to the erstwhile Indian Airlines and owing allegiance to...
09:07 PM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Air India pilots strike is nowhere near the end even on Day 7 and it's the passengers who continue to suffer - thanks to a group of pilots and the management of the national carrier who are holding them to ransom. The Delhi High Court has also issued contempt notices against nine office bearers of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA). But in the battle between the ...
09:58 PM, May 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Air India pilots strike is nowhere near the end even on Day 7 and it's the passengers who continue to suffer - thanks to a group of pilots and the management of the national carrier who are holding them to ransom. The Delhi High Court has also issued contempt notices against nine office bearers of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA). But in the battle between the...
09:58 PM, May 03, 2011
The pilots have threatened to intensify their strike after the talks have failed. ...
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