Labour pain for pvt domestic airlines as staff threaten mass leave over pay

Termination letters issued to protesters; DGCA steps in

Failure to reinstate salaries after two years of drastic cuts has had the Indian airline industry facing one of its largest industrial relation crises.

While employees of Air India under its government ownership had organised a strike in 2011, it is for the first time private airlines are facing stress in relations with their workers, threatening mass leave and disrupting business.

The latest among them are the technicians of IndiGo and Go First, who have been reporting sick in large numbers at principle bases like Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad, forcing the airlines to ferry staff from other locations to keep operations ongoing.

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