Air India pilots petitioned Ratan Tata in search of his intervention to resolve the impasse between the administration and the crew over the airline’s revised terms of employment and wage allowances. File.
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Nearly 1,500 Air India pilots petitioned the airline’s chairman emeritus Ratan Tata on Tuesday in search of his intervention to resolve the impasse between the administration and the crew over the airline’s revised terms of employment and wage allowances.
“We are currently facing a difficult situation with the current HR department. We feel that we are not being treated with the respect and dignity that we deserve as employees of Air India,” learn a web-based petition with 1,500 signatures.
“We are therefore respectfully requesting your assistance in addressing these issues. We believe that your benevolent leadership can help us to find a solution that is fair and respectful to all parties involved,” it added.
Last Monday, Air India introduced revised service circumstances and compensation particulars, which two unions representing pilots of the airline have referred to as “oppressive action” leading to a “hostile work environment”. The final date for signing on the revised settlement was April 24 and pilot sources declare {that a} overwhelming majority of pilots have declined to just accept the terms.
The circumstances opposed embody the requirement that pilots be on name 24×7 and stay out there for flying duties in case of “business exigency”, which they’ve referred to as “exploitative” and one which disregards “work-life balance”. They have additionally objected to the 18 grounds underneath which pilots may be terminated with none discover or compensation. Air India’s pilots have additionally staunchly opposed a new provision of “garden leave”, which permits the airline to debar pilots from working any flight and even are available in contact with any firm individual.
They have additionally expressed issues that the elevation of sure senior commanders to an government place within the firm was to meddle with their “workmen” class and dissolve the union.
