Another example
Here's another example of double standards displayed by the airline in question and also how they are squeezing pilots more more in this time of crisis.
Jet pilots’ Qatar take off delayed by months
Jun 18 2009 21:40 hrs IST , New Delhi
By Parul Chhaparia
Captain RPS Panag —one among the 20 Jet Airways pilots who had recently put in their papers to join Qatar Airways — has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India’s civil aviation requirement (CAR) norm stipulating six-month notice period.
The petition filed on June 10 is against the union of India, DGCA and Jet Airways. The next hearing of the case is on June 22.
The move comes after Jet Airways, despite a DGCA directive, refused to give no-objection-certificates (NOCs) to these pilots before serving the six-month notice period.
The petitioner is now seeking interim relief in terms of a NOC from Jet to join the new airline. When contacted by Financial Chronicle, Captain RPS Panag said, “I am not willing to speak on the petition filed in Delhi High Court.”
An aggrieved pilot said, “We have approached the vacation bench as the court is closed for summer holidays. The first hearing of the case was on 12 June, 2009, where the DGCA officials were also present.”
“There is so much confusion over the enforcement of the notice period norm. Jet is forcing us to serve the notice period even though DGCA issued a letter to it saying that the rule can’t be enforced if the terms of employment have been altered or amended,” said a senior member of the Society for Welfare of Indian Pilots (SWIP) that represents about 755 pilots of Jet Airways.