AI Airbus pilots’ body writes to minister Puri for pay as per industry standards

Air India Airbus pilots’ union, Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), on Tuesday requested civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri to intervene in the matter of their salary cuts and ask the national carrier to reinstate their allowances and pay them according to the industry standards.

The pilots said that they faced the brunt of unjust pay cuts of around 58% from April 2020 and 55% from October 2020. They asked the airline to pay them their full salary as they have been the first and constant ones to serve the nation throughout the pandemic when they operated repatriation flights during the peak of Covid-19.