Fresh blow to Air India: Mass resignation from pilots against unmet demands; airline claims no impact

Expressing anguish over their demands for salary hike and promotion remaining unfulfilled by the cash strapped national carrier’s management, around 120 Air India Airbus A-320 pilots have tendered their resignation, ANI reported. A pilot who has put his papers said that their demands have been pending for a long time even as the airline management hasn’t given a strong assurance.

The fresh blow to Air India comes amid its issue of non-payment of jet fuel bills to PSU oil companies Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum even as it said that the issue will be resolved soon, CNBC-TV18 had tweeted on Sunday. The flag carrier is already staring at its divestment and having a debt of reportedly more than Rs 60,000 crore.