New Delhi: Cash-strapped Indian carrier Jet Airways (India) Ltd’s pilots union has for the first time sought the government’s help to recover pending salaries and dues from the airline after their pleas to the management have fallen on “deaf ears”.
In a letter to India’s labour minister, National Aviators Guild, which represents the majority of Jet Airways’ pilots, has asked that the airline immediately pay their outstanding salaries and allowances till date with interest.
“This situation is leading to extreme tension and frustration amongst our members, hardly an ideal situation for pilots in cockpit,” captain Karan Arora, president of the union, said in the letter dated 6 March, seen by Reuters.
