Air India crew union calls airlines' cost-saving measures illegal

Air India on Wednesday implemented a series of cost-saving measures, including reduction in allowances and fuel reimbursement for officers. However, the move is being resisted by its cabin crew — All India Cabin Crew Association (AICCA) — who have called the move discriminatory and illegal.

Around the world, airlines are responding to COVID-19 crisis with sharp reduction in capacity, pay cuts and layoffs. Air India, too, has decided on cost-saving measures that include withdrawal of entertainment allowance of executive pilots, 30-40 per cent cut in subsistence allowance paid to cabin crew on their foreign layovers and 10 per cent reduction in