Air India CMD trying to provoke pilots' strike: ICPA

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) A major pilots' association
has charged Air India chief Arvind Jadhav with trying to
provoke a strike and on that pretext declare a lockout which
could make several wage agreements lapse.

Responding to an interview of Jadhav and a report on
the national carrier in a leading journal, the Indian
Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) quoted the airline CMD as
saying that the turnaround strategy was like a "chess game"
and that a lockout would have "broken the back of the unions
had it lasted 15 days" and all existing wage agreements would
have lapsed.
In a letter to the CMD, ICPA President Capt Shailendra
Singh asked, "... does this mean that you have planned to
create conditions for strike and that it should continue for
15 days?"
He alleged that the five-day stir by senior pilots in
September "seems to be a clear example of the above where
conditions were created by you to push the agitation every
hour causing a loss of Rs 100 crore".
Singh further said, "It seems you are not satisfied
with this and have planned for another strike. Please note
that the airline is a national property and anybody working
against the interest is called a traitor."
He said such motives "will not be tolerated and
allowed to succeed." PTI SMJ
ANU


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