Roll back ban on posting on social media, digital platforms: Air India pilots

Air India’s union of airbus pilots, Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), has requested its management to roll back the policy that does not allow any Air India employee, whether serving or retired, to post anything on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, WhatsApp or Twitter, blogs or video channels, be it during or after duty hours, and has termed the policy to be entirely illegal and with no basis in law.

Besides all the other restrictions, the pilots, in a letter to Air India chairperson and managing director Rajiv Bansal, objected to needing approval from the airline even to upload personal content related to Air India or any of its activities. The pilots also pointed that the policy implemented from March 1, 2021 states that the airline has the rights to monitor comments or discussions about them, their employees, clients and the industry posted on the Internet.