You got that absolutely right jockey. At one point they stop all salaries for months on end. Then when they finally do start, turns out it is after a 25% cut.
Imagine going to earn 0 from lakhs. The unbelievable amount of stress and depression involved. Especially for those pilots who have a family. Even more for those whose children are about to go to college. Instead of making pilots go though tests, rather they keep them happy and content. I am not asking the company to revere pilots as kings, but only that they understand and realise that more than 80% of the stress on their psyche right now is because of the Management of Air India and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.