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Talk, settle dispute: Court to Air India, striking pilots
Monday July 02, 2012 08:47:23 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Monday asked Air India and its striking pilots to
amicably settle the matter out of court and gave them a day's time
for this.
The court was hearing a plea of the pilots, whose agitation has
been on for 57 days, to reinstate their sacked 101 colleagues and
revoke the derecognition of their union - Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG).
Justice Reva Khetrapal gave the two sides a day for settling the
issue and posted the matter for Tuesday.
"We would like to see the matter settled. We want to see Air India
prosper as the best airline in the world and the airline should
adopt a parental attitude," the court said.
Air India pilots, owing allegiance to the IPG, moved the court
saying that they were ready to resume their services, if the Air
India adopted a more humane approach and discussed their
grievance.
About 440 pilots struck work in May against the Air India
management's move to train pilots from the erstwhile Indian
Airlines in the merged entity on the soon-to-be-inducted
Boeing-787 Dreamliner. The training is underway in Singapore.
"Air India has illegally terminated the services of several pilots
who are members of IPG, show cause notice has been issued on
completely illegal and unfounded grounds to cancel the licences of
the pilots. The IPG and its members are suffering because of the
colourable exercise of power by the Air India," said the petition.
"The Air India has created a completely hostile atmosphere there
by effectively ensuring that the pilots cannot resume the duties,"
it said.
The petition also stated that the May 9 order of the court that
restrained the pilots from continuing the strike had been misused
by the Air India.
The members of IPG are on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in
central Delhi since June 24.
"Direct the Air India to create a conducive atmosphere so that the
members of IPG can resume their duties," the petition said.
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