Air India pilot bodies advise members not to participate in disinvestment process

MUMBAI: Air India pilot bodies IPG and ICPA on Saturday advised their members not to participate in the airline’s disinvestment process, saying that the management has still not addressed their concerns over “disproportionate” pay cut, which has been in effect since April this year. In a joint communication addressed to the members, both the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said that while other domestic airlines have “revised” pay cut for pilots, Air India has not done so.

The communication comes amid reports that Air India employees are preparing to bid for the airline in partnership with a private equity fund and each employee will be asked to contribute Rs 1 lakh towards the bid.