Delhi High Court asks Air India and striking pilots to amicably settle the matter out of court
The Delhi High Court yesterday asked Air India (AI) and its striking pilots to amicably settle the matter out of court and gave them a day’s time for this.u00a0The 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 today. “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.
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AI 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 AI 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. “The AI has created a completely hostile atmosphere there by effectively ensuring that the pilots cannot resume their duties,” said the petition. u00a0The petition also stated that the May 9 order of the court that restrained the pilots from continuing the strike had been misused by the AI. The members of IPG are on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi since June 24. u00a0
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