New Delhi: Air India pilots have sought to intervene with the management regarding the issue of termination of services of 50 pilots illegally.
According to details, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) has written a letter to Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal on Friday which stated that about 50 pilots have received illegal termination letters from the personnel department for violation of the company’s service rules.
ICPA said in a tweet, ‘What’s happening? Around 50 of our pilots have been terminated overnight unceremoniously without proper procedure being followed. A rude shock for those who served the nation in this pandemic putting the nation first.’
What's happening? Around 50 of our pilots have been terminated overnight unceremoniously without proper procedure being followed. A rude shock for those who served the nation in this pandemic putting the nation first.
@airindiain @MoCA_GoI @HardeepSPuri @GuildPilots #notfairai pic.twitter.com/iD2f79LHAx— Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (@PilotsIndian) August 14, 2020
Baaghi TV further learnt that many base crew contracts that have completed five years in the south are not being renewed. Moreover, 18 cabin crew services have also been terminated in the southern region.
In its letter to the CMD of Air India, the ICPA said that the pilots who resigned last year and withdrew their resignations within a 6-month notice period were suddenly released on Thursday at 10 pm. The pilots allege that the crew was not informed about the acceptance of their resignations and subsequent notice periods etc.
It said, after the office was closed on August 13, apparently the services of these pilots were also terminated, even after that, a pilot was put on duty to operate AI 804/506 on August 14. Obviously, the pilots who flew these flights were not technically Air India employees after August 13.
It further states that this is a comical and very serious flight safety violation. It is a matter of thinking what will be the mental state of the pilot flying this aircraft, whose services have been terminated. The ICPA reminded that the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air India had assured that unlike other airlines, Air India would not hire any of its employees.
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