Air India slashes employee allowances up to 50 percent despite protests

National carrier Air India has gone in for a massive cut in employee allowances even as protests from all sections of the employees continueAs per an office order this has been done as per the directions of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and following approval from the Board of Directors of Air lndia Ltd The rationalisation of allowances will be effective from April 1 2020 and shall remain in force till further review by the Air lndia BoardThis is an across the board cut in allowances for all employees rather than just the pilots and the other flying staff The salary and allowances such as lDA HRA and other allowances linked to basic pay will remain unchangedThe rate of allowances other than DPE allowances will stand reduced by 40 per cent of the approved allowances These include flying allowance executive flying allowance special pay wide body allowance domestic layover allowance quick return allowance high altitude allowance check allowance instructor allowance examiner allowance and additional landing allowanceFlying allowance to be paid on actual hours flown by an individual pilot in a month However as a special case all pilots available for flying will be paid fixed 20 hours of flying allowance or actuals whichever is higher in a month during Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of financial year 202021 on the revised flying allowance rateSimulator training hours will be paid on the revised rate of flying allowance The overtime rate beyond 70 hours in a month shall be 125 per cent of the revised rate of flying allowance while layover allowance at stations outside lndia will be payable as per the notified government ratesOther applicable conditions and penalties will remain the same as per the Ministry of Civil Aviations letter dated January 1 2016 For general category officers salary and allowances ie basic IDA and HRA linked to basic pay will remain unchanged However the other allowances will be reduced by 50 per centFor general category staff allowances will be reduced by 30 per cent and same is the case with operators For the permanent and contractual cabin crew allowances will be reduced by 20 percent All the above allowances will be paid at the reduced rate on actual flyingFor all categories of employees including flying crew foreign travel allowancesforeign daily allowance will be payable as per notified government rates vide MEAs order dated September 21 2010 The layover allowance for the flying crew will stand amended accordinglyFor employees both permanent and FTC with gross salary up to Rs 25000 a month there will be no reduction in salaryFurther fixed term contractual employees other than pilots and cabin crew with gross salary excluding PF contribution of more than Rs 25000 per month will also be subject to similar reduction ie 50 per cent of other allowances for executives and 30 per cent of other allowances for staff categories of employeesNonqualifying personal pay for permanent employees wherever applicable will be included in the definition of other allowances for the purpose of deductionCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever