@vserian
I think some of the kids here don't know much about the aviation industry in general. Just because AI is not paying its employees now they assume they will never get paid and keep flying for free. Some Pvt. airlines went through the same phase in the recent past. Not just airlines in India but airlines around the world faced some tough times at some point.
You never know how things change in this industry. You may be a part of a rapidly growing Pvt. airline today and tomorrow the situation might be completely different. You might not get paid for a while or even lose your job if things get bad. If any of the Pvt airlines were in AIs situation they would have laid off employees to cut the wage bill. But AI being Govt owned airline cannot lay off employees. I am not saying having a bloated work force is good but it is something they have to live with and can't do much about as long as the airline is Govt owned.
Pilots would have killed to join AI at any cost if given a chance 3-4 yrs ago. Thanks to PP and Jadhav things have deteriorated dramatically.