Air-India
Air India to sack all striking pilots, hire afresh
11 Jun 2012
The Air India management on Sunday decided to sack all the 300 or more pilots who have been on strike for 36 days as of today
Striking AI pilots will have to reapply for their jobs: Ajit Singh
06 Jun 2012
If the pilots refuse to accept the Justice Dharmadhikari report on the revamp of the national carrier, there is no point in taking them back, says civil aviation minister Ajit Singh
Pilots Guild slams Dharmadhikari report
02 Jun 2012
Air India to implement unified pay structure from August
01 Jun 2012
The cut-off date for implementing new pay scales for the employees of Air India - erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines - will be 1 April 2007, as recommended by the committee
Strike-hit AI puts truncated flight plan into operation
01 Jun 2012
The airline is expected to fully shift to the truncated interim schedule from today, dropping seven international destinations
Air India pilots meet Ajit Singh to end standoff
25 May 2012
After 18 days of misery to passengers and loss of revenue to the airline, the government and the pilots, however, are sticking to their respective positions
Compromise on AI stir likely
19 May 2012
Reports have emerged that Air India is willing to take back most of the 71 pilots it has sacked since the stir began on 7 May, provided they are prepared to resume flying duties
Government to talk to `recognised’ Air India unions
17 May 2012
The talks are aimed at garnering employee support for the implementation of the post-merger integration of Air India and Indian Airlines
Air India pilots remain adamant; another 14 flights cancelled
14 May 2012
Despite the sacking of 71 pilots and indications that the government will not bow this time, the stir over Dreamliner training does note abate
Another 22 AI flights cancelled; top pilots want PM to intervene
12 May 2012
Despite a Delhi High Court ruling calling the strike illegal, over 250 of the pilots have reported ‘sick’ since Monday night, when the agitation began
Air India pilots’ stir not contempt of court, rules SC
11 May 2012
The Supreme Court today threw out Air India's plea for initiating contempt of court proceedings against pilots of the now de-recognised Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), who have been agitating since Monday by taking ‘sick leave’ en masse.
Defiant AI pilots continue to disrupt flights
11 May 2012
Air India say that it's unacceptable for pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines to be trained to fly the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is meant to join the national carrier's fleet later this month
AI pilots’ stir still on; minister admits merger was a mistake
10 May 2012
Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh became probably the first official to admit that the merger of Indian Airlines into Air India was a “mistake” that he regretted
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