Air India pilots seek urgent review of pay cuts

 The Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association and the Indian Pilots’ Guild have written to the Civil Aviation Minister, saying: “Many of our member pilots have informed us of the immense stress they are under as they struggle to meet the needs of their children’s education or ailing elderly parents. This huge discriminatory pay cut has become unsustainable for us.

 “It is high time to review the massive pay cut for the pilots of Air India and its subsidiaries.

 “In light of the above as well as our previous meetings, we request you to kindly grant us an urgent meeting at the earliest possible time. You are our singular hope in reversing this victimisation,” they said in the letter.

 The pilots said the Indian aviation scenario is decidedly showing an upward trend, and other private carriers have started scaling back the COVID austerity pay cuts for their pilots.