Concerns over safety: Air India pilots unions raise objection over ‘threats’ for asking sick leave

Air India pilots unions have raised concern against the alleged threat that the airline has given the cockpit staff if they report sick for duty.

What have the unions said?

Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) have written to Air India senior VP for flight operations Manish Uppal saying that it is in the interest of flight safety that pilots can report sick without the “fear of reprisal”.

Air India has allegedly threatened pilots with “appropriate measures” to be taken in case they report sick for work.