SpiceJet staff protest against salary cuts

Around 150 ground staff of Spice Jet protested outside the Delhi Airport over salary cuts for half an hour Friday morning. Employees of SpiceJet who spoke to The Indian Express on condition of anonymity said they have been receiving as little as 15-20% of their pre-Covid salary.

A pilot who has been working with the airline for over four years said, “When the pandemic began and the first lockdown was implemented, everyone was caught by surprise. But instead of a revised salary structure, SpiceJet started paying pilots by the hour. We were later promised captains and first officers would be paid base salaries but that wasn’t done. Eventually, those pilots who would earn Rs 6.5 lakh per month, were paid per hour, wherein we would earn around 1.2 lakh per month.”