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Air India offers olive branch to end stalemate with striking pilots | The deadlock between Air India management and agitating pilots on Sunday appeared to be heading towards a positive direction, as Air India management reportedly offered an olive branch to the striking pilots by agreeing to withdraw incentive-cut. Air India management, moreover, has also agreed to set up a committee
to look into the Productivity-Linked Incentives (PLI) modalities. The pilots'
body is adamant over the issue, but representative of the agitating executive
pilots, Captain V K Bhalla said that any talks with Air India management would
take place only on a neutral platform. He also said that 70 per cent cut in incentives
should be removed before talks, said a Times now report on Sunday evening. Earlier
in the day, the executive pilots of the national carrier did not report to work
on Sunday and continued their protest for the second day against cut in the PLI.
Air India had to cancel 24 flights on Sunday morning after the agitating pilots
continued to maintain that the airlines management was trying to play down the
effectiveness of their strike. Air India management also insisted that the strike
would not be allowed to have an impact on their operations. Meanwhile, the Indian
Commercial Pilot's Association (ICPA), a union of the non-executive pilots recognised
by the airline, extended its moral support to the agitating pilots. |
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