Unprincipled for senior officials to exclude their perks from cost-cutting measures: Air India pilot unions

It is unprincipled for the senior officials of Air India to exclude their perks and entitlements from the cost-cutting measures that the airline has implemented during the last few days, said the two leading pilot unions of the carrier on Friday. Air India had on Wednesday announced upto 50 per cent reduction in monthly allowances of its employees, who have a gross monthly salary of more than Rs 25,000.

The 50 per cent cut for senior Air India officials is only on “other allowances” and this equates to an approximate 10 per cent pay cut on the gross salary for the Director-Personnel who is also a “functional director”, said the Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) and Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG) to Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal on Friday through a letter.