Air India Boeing pilots’ union- the Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG) on Friday, wrote to the new aviation secretary and their former chairman and managing director (CMD) Rajiv Bansal requesting him to restore their pay cuts pointing out that there has been a significant reduction in Covid-19 cases.
They also put forth a request to the authorities to restart the ‘full boards facility’ (three-time meal allowance for pilots in domestic and international layovers) that the company via an email, had earlier announced that it would stop..
The email sent to the pilots on Thursday night stated that keeping in mind the improvement in the Covid-19 pandemic situation, a decision was taken by competent authorities to discontinue full board with effect from midnight of 30.09.2021 within India and 11 other countries that included the US and Canada.
