Pilots cancel strike plan as Jet clears salaries till December

Jet Airways’ pilots on Sunday have called off a decision to go on strike over unpaid salaries after the airline paid their December salaries. They have given the airline time till April 15 to clear the remaining three months’ salary arrears.

The decision was taken at a meeting called by the National Aviators’ Guild (NAG), a lobbying body of Jet pilots. “NAG is going to wait till April 15 to clear all their dues,” the guild said in a communication. “In this regard they are going to send a mail to the CEO.”

Jet AirwaysNSE -0.15 % chief executive Vinay Dube, in a letter on Saturday had told company employees that the resolution plan to revive the airline was taking longer than expected. “These are complex processes and it has taken longer than we had expected and as such we are only able to remit your remaining salary for December