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Cracks show up Indian Pilots Guild as two more Air India pilots rejoin work | With two more Air India pilots reporting back to work, cracks reportedly have surfaced in the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), which is spearheading a 14-day-old agitation
against the airline. So far, five pilots have reported back to work after remaining
"sick" for the past 14 days. Last week, the management had said three pilots,
including two IPG members, had returned to work. The IPG, however, denied that
any of its pilots had deserted them and claimed that, on the contrary, three more
pilots have reportedly joined the agitation. "The pilots who have resumed today,
as claimed by the management, are not IPG members. On the contrary, three of our
pilots, who were on a two-week temporary posting to Dubai have reported sick on
their return to Mumbai yesterday evening," an IPG member said. The airline has
so far lost more than Rs 200 crore due to the agitation by over 200-odd pilots
who have not been flying for the past 14 days. The government wants the pilots
to first to join back and then come to the negotiating table to resolve their
issues, while the IPG maintains that the management should first take back 71
sacked pilots, as a pre-condition to end their agitation. Aviation Minister Ajit
Singh had on May 19 appealed to the agitating pilots to return to work, promising
that their demands would be considered within three months and assured them that
the government would not be vindictive.
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