NEW DELHI: Jet Airways pilots’ union on Tuesday served a notice to management, warning to initiate legal action unless their January to March salary dues are cleared by April 14. While January and February salary are due for the high pay bracket pilots, aircraft engineer and senior management, March salary has not been paid to any employee. The airline had last week promised to inform employees about salary due payment on Tuesday. Pilots and engineers had earlier threatened to stop work from April 15 unless their “substantial” dues are cleared and a clear roadmap be given for the rest.
Jet CEO Vinay Dube wrote to employees on Tuesday. But in the absence of the promised Rs 1,500-crore emergency funding from lenders, he could not give any timeline for the same.
Meanwhile, unpaid lessors have asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to deregister 15 aircraft from Jet’s name so that they could be leased out to other airlines. “The process of de-registering some of Jet’s leased aircraft from the airline’s name is on,” said an official.
