Jet Airways today sought the intervention of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to resolve the issue relating to its pilots failing to report to work in protest against the sacking of two of their senior colleagues.
The private air-carrier has approached the aviation industry regulator to intervene and resolve the issue, an airline source told PTI here.
According to the source, Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal called up National Aviator's Guild (NAG) President Girish Kaushik late last night asking him to persuade the pilots not to proceed on mass casual leave. The Guild is the pilots union in Jet Airways.
"Goyal called up NAG President Kaushik last night and requested him to persuade the pilots not to proceed on leave and that he would take back the two pilots," the source said.
Goyal also asked for the disbandment of the union, which, however, was not agreed to by Kaushik, the source said.
However, the union insisted that Goyal must give his assurance in writing which he did not, saying that "you take my word," the source said.
Following Goyal's failure to give a written assurance on the reinstatement of the two pilots, several of the airline's pilots have gone on mass casual leave today.
As a result, Jet Airways' services have been disrupted badly and 126 flights have been cancelled so far.
Several hundred passengers, who have been stranded at the airport, complained that there was no proper information available on flight cancellations and blamed the Jet Airways authorities for not making proper arrangements.
Expat and JetLite pilots have also been pressed into service to operate flights.
