Air India will be cutting employee allowances by 20 per cent to 50 per cent

india: As per an office order of Air India, the national flight carrier of India will be cutting employee allowances by 20 per cent to 50 per cent. The revised allowances, as per the company, will be effective from April 1, 2020. The order also states that flying allowances are to be paid to pilots as per the actual flying hours clocked in a month.

Recently, Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association in a statement on Monday expressed resentment against any further wage cuts and said that it will not be in the interest of Air India.

“Any unilateral change by Air India from agreed-upon wage settlement would be illegal and will not be in the interest of our National Carrier at this crucial juncture. Such a situation has the potential to flare to an unprecedented magnitude,” the statement read.

Amid pandemic, the cash-strapped airline has proposed a massive- nearly 60 per cent cut in pilots’ gross salary and to send stewards and air hostesses on compulsory leave without pay.