20 Flights Of Air India, The Cancellation Of 800 Pilots On Strike

Approximately 800 pilots belong to the Indian airline, then went on strike Wednesday morning, demanding pay parity with pilots of Air India and better working conditions, which led to the cancellation of more than 20 aircraft and interference with many others for several hours.

Rapidly and firmly, the management of Air India has declared the strike illegal, delete the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), and closed its offices in Delhi and Mumbai. Tide over the crisis, the IA has decided to rope 150 management pilots - Pilots of the Board - to operate flights, an airline official said.

ICPA has sent a letter suggesting that a strike AI last night, after talks with the leadership of Chief Commissioner of Labour conciliation before failed. hits 800-odd pilots of Indian Airlines and the former having allegiance to ICPA. Fusion - Indian Airlines and Air India - has about 1,200 pilots, reports PTI.

The remaining 400 drivers for most international flights belong to the Pilots' Guild of India (IPG). Passengers have had a torrid time with information on flight schedules are crazy and some when you can take off.

At least 20 flights were canceled AI, since midnight. These included 469 part-AI Raipur via Nagpur, 214 Del Kathmandu AI, AI 216 Kathmandu-Del, the Del Bangkok, Part-Srinagar and Leh-Del. The passengers of two flights to Mumbai were accommodated in one flight.

Eight flights to Delhi and Mumbai in 1911 was canceled this morning, while others were delayed for more than three hours. "We're out of the budget of the ICPA, the strike is illegal, and have committed contempt of court. We are likely to move the court soon," the spokesman said AI.

ICPA offices in Delhi and Mumbai were closed early this morning. ICPA maintains that even if the pilots of Air India to receive a fixed salary large, the same is almost empty of the former pilots IA. The association contends that even if the entire salary depends on flying hours on a daily basis, airlines have reduced flights by 30-40 percent.