Air India pilots call of strike (Lead)
May 7th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Air India pilots called off their 10-day-old strike late Friday night after the government and the pilots union reached an “understanding” on their demand for pay parity and fixed flying hours, an official said.
Indian Commercial Pilots Association general secretary Captain Rishab Kapoor told IANS: “The strike has been called off and the pilots are resuming work tonight.” He added that the pilots “trust and believe in the government and the Justice (retd) D.N. Dharmadhikari committee” (formed to look into human resource issues of the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines and on pay parity).
The pilots have told the two-member panel set to hold informal talks with them that they would honour any recommendations by the Dharmadhikari committee.
The pilots, belonging to the erstwhile Indian Airlines, had gone on strike from midnight April 26 demanding pay parity with their colleagues in Air India.
“The two-member panel set up to hold informal talks with the striking pilots was able to make a breakthrough in ensuring that the 10-day long strike by the pilots of erstwhile Indian Airlines comes to an end,” a senior civil aviation ministry official told IANS Friday.
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