Striking unpaid engineers ground Kingfisher jets

October 01, 2012 09:11

A section of engineers of the Kingfisher Airlines went on strike Sunday evening over non-payment of salaries, affecting the flight operations.

"A section of employees of Kingfisher Airlines has not been reporting to work over the last fortnight and over the past 2 days; they have been threatening and even manhandling the other employees who are reporting to work as usual," Kingfisher said in a statement, adding that disruptions are expected in the flight schedule on 1 October.

"With a view to mitigating the impact of these anticipated disruptions, we are proactively cancelling several flights across our network for October 1, 2012," the airline said.

According to sources, engineers from New Delhi and Mumbai bases are demanding immediate payment of salaries which remain unpaid for the past seven months.

Sources said that some flights were delayed due to the strike, adding that services of manager-rank engineers were being used instead.

As per the aviation watchdog DGCA norms, an aircraft can't take off unless its air worthiness is certified by the airline's engineers.

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