Air India pilots asks aviation minister to roll back Covid related pay cuts

Air India Boeing and Airbus pilots’ unions (Indian Pilots’ Guild and Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association) have collectively written to aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asking him to remove the Covid-19 pay cut that is still been levied on them. The two airline pilots’ unions earlier wrote individually but did not receive any response from their respective managements. With this joint letter to the minister, people familiar with the development said that the pilots want the ministry to restore their salaries to pre-privatisation days.

The aviation industry in India seems to be back on track with domestic air traffic increasing from 25% in April 2020 to 100% as of October 2021. With the opening up of international borders for India, there seems to be an increase in international travel as well.

“This ground reality has duly been acknowledged by other airlines who have rightfully rolled back the Covid austerity pay cuts significantly for their pilots.