Prohibition on use of social media is illegal, Air India pilots write to chairman

Air India-Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) on Thursday wrote to the Air India chairman, stating that the prohibition on the use of social media and policy introduced by the airline in this regard is illegal and violates a fundamental right.

“At the outset, we note with alarm that such a Policy introduced by Air India is entirely illegal and with no basis in law whatsoever. By way of the Policy, Air India has effectively imposed a blanket ban or prohibition on the use of social or digital media by all its employees, including those that have superannuated,” it said in a letter to the airline’s Chairman and MD (CMD) Rajiv Bansal.