AI executive pilots support colleagues on strike

May 13, 2012 18:57

The crisis in Air India worsened today with its executive pilots coming out in support ofstriking pilots. They asked the management to revoke sack orders and hold immediate negotiations to end the six-day impasse, even as at least 20 international flights were cancelled.

The striking pilots, while stating that they were ready for talks, showed no signs of returning to work, leaving hundreds of passengers fretting with holiday schedules going haywire.

Empathising with the demands of the Indian Pilots Guild spearheading the agitation, the Executive Pilots' Association blamed the management for the "complete failure" of integration of the two airlines, leading to the industrial relations between management and employees "to fall to an all time low".

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