As the extent of the crisis in the airline sector becomes visible and felt by all, the paycuts being imposed by the Air India management have been attacked by pilots as unfair. The ‘disproportionate’ cuts to variable allowances have become a sticking point between the two sides.
So far, the senior management has borne a very small percentage of the cuts. Whether it is the CMD, the head of finance or the head of HR, the paycut is between 1.5 per cent and 2 per cent. For pilots, it is 30 per cent. As things stand, roughly 10 per cent