Some Facts of the Air India Pilots Agitation:

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some truths about airindia agitation

Dear Maharaja, here is your point to point reply:
1. It is a fact that none of the emloyees have been paid salary since februray. Its not only the pilots, but all the employees are working.
2. Esrtwhile AI pilots are getting allowance of 80 hrs per month whether they fly or not. This was not being paid to erst while Indian Airlines pilots. So they agitated n May 11. The management agreed to their demands but paid only for 72 hrs instead of 80 hrs and at a rate lower than AI.Dont say that they were paid Rs. 1 lakh more and all that bull**** and misguide people. Even after paying this their salaries are much lower than that of AI pilots.
3.after dharmadhikari report is implemented, bothe ia and ai pilos ill be promoted at the same time. so crying on this is stupid.
4. No doubt you are distressed, becase IA pilots salaries are eventhough less, nearer to your salaries.
5. All of you suddenly at the same time fall sick and are in not in the right frame of mind simultaneously, which is ridiculous.
6. Yo were a recognised union and were required to give otice as per Industrial Disputes Act, to the management, which you did not give, then why should management talk to you. Doctors were sent to your residence to ascertain the nature of your illness but most of you were not at home. Maybe you went to clubs to remove your mental agony.
7.The management is not missing in action. They have sacked 101 pilots. They will lease 777 aircrafts and operate 787 which will come by month end. If they can run 75% of their flights without you, it means you all are redundant. The management can manage without you. In para 5 you say you are not on strike and in para 7 you say the management has not met striking pilots. When the union is derecognised, whom can the management talk to?

I am not the minister, but a common man. the answers to the questions put up to the minister are as follows:
1. You are absolutely right on this count. The CMD should have faced the media, and not the minister. But you know all the babus, they like to hide behind the minister, who call the shots.
2.Your demands are most unreasonable and you have gone on strike without giving notice. Even the high court has termed your strike illegal, then why should the management talk to you?
3. We feel that the private operators have bribed your leader to go on a strike without any notice during th PEAK SEASON so that they are benefited and at the same time bring HUGE DISREPUTE to airindia by getting CURSES from the esteemed passengers who have to pay through their nose to go on other airlines.If you had even little concern for the passengers you would not have taken this drastic step. Just lip service of apologising doesnt help my dear friend.
4. Your figure of 1 crore is highly exaggerated. Just see the advt of airindia. For typerating 320 pilot airindia is charging just 28 lkhs. Dont give wrong figures. If you all are not ready to work, airindia has to find ways to run the airline. This 100 crore should be recovered from you.
5. who said this is wasteful expenditure. This is investment.
6. If the situation demands, a few foreign pilots may be appointed as commanders for a short duration till the situation is normalised and for your information 90 copilots will be ready by august. As and when indian pilots are ready, the services of foreigners an be terminated by giving due notice. The extra money paid to these should also be recovered from IPG.
7. The agitation is being prolonged because you have taken a wrong step and are now in a fix. There is still time. Better resume duties without any precondition and things will come to normal. Please dont think that you are above IA pilots. Both have to work together to bring the airline to its past glory. As regards kickbacks, we have to be vigilant and ensure that pilots are selected through advt in indian newspapers and not through any agency.
8. In such situations, people have the habit of exaggerating things, just as you are doing. May be ignored.
9. Cost of boeing 777 seems to be exaggerated. Does it include your kickback? Who is responsible? every on knows. You the Pilots.
10. I fully agree with you that those responsible for this state of affairs of airindia including minister, bureaucrats should be brought to book. But this does give you a license to go on strike without notice and cause further loss of 300 crores during PEAK SEASON.
IF YOU REALLY LOVE AIRINDIA, SHED YOUR EGO, GET BACK TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. JAIHIND or else lookout for another job as you are highly trained and qualified.