Air India Pilot

The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) has written to the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India for settling all outstanding dues with employees pre hand-over.

The schedule is also being drawn up keeping in mind that crew who do not have fixed working days

The submission has been made in response to several pleas moved by pilots seeking directions to the airline to accept the withdrawal of their respective resignations

The two unions said they are writing on behalf of pilots of Air India and its subsidiaries Air India Express and Alliance Air

According to the Indian Commercial Pilots' Union (ICPA) and Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG), Kumar said during one of the televised interviews that the plane's "landing was not smooth"

Say they must be the 'first targets' for LWP scheme

The pilots said employees may be forced to challenge the decision in court, which might be a hurdle for the privatisation process

Pilots say five-year leave without pay as good as layoff, threaten litigation which may hurt airline's privatisation process

While scheduled international flights have been suspended in the country since March 23, Air India has been operating international repatriation flights all around the world

The pilot sought a direction to Air India to accept the request for withdrawal and permit him to continue beyond August 6

For the senior management, the pay cut is between 1.5% to 2%, while it is 30% for the pilots

Pilots tell the national carrier that any pay cut has to be across the board and it has to match market standards.

The HC issued the order on Friday while hearing a petition filed by Air India pilot Deven Kanani who said social distancing was not being maintained on flights as the airline was filling up all seats.

DGCA was forced to relook at the middle seat policy after an Air India pilot had challenged the regulator's protocol, in Bombay high court, which allowed airlines to book all seats.

An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow with no passenger on-board was asked to return midway on Saturday after its ground staff realised that one of the pilots of the plane had tested positive

The five pilots fly Boeing 787 planes, the second source said

The pre-flight Covid-19 test is carried out 72 hours before the pilots are rostered for flight duties

The carrier evacuated Indians from China and Italy and will be operating repatriation flights for German citizens to Frankfurt in this week

Air India CMD Pradeep Singh Kharola says action as per rule will be taken

The pilot was rostered to fly the Air India Express IX 115 Delhi to Abu Dhabi flight