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September 11, 2009

Jet Airways-pilots talks fail: Strike continues

     New Delhi: The stalemate in the talks between the striking pilots of Jet Airways and its management continued on the fourth day on Friday. The talks were otherwise described as inconclusive. The next round of discussion is expected to take place on Saturday in Mumbai, said television reports on Friday evening. Conciliation talks between the agitating Jet Airways pilots and the airline management were held in the national capital before the Chief Labour Commissioner to break the deadlock that has severely disrupted flights across the country. Besides Chief Labour Commissioner S K Upadhyay, the talks were reportedly being attended by Jet executive director Saroj Dutta, CEO Hafiz Ali and head of operation Captain Mohan. The pilots'' body National Aviators Guild (NAG) was being represented by its president Captain Girish Kaushik and Captain Sam Thomas. The pilots have maintained that they would not return to work until the management took back four colleagues who were sacked. Two of them were allegedly shown the door 45 days ago for forming a union — the National Aviators Guild (NAG) — while the other two were sacked after the strike began. The four-day strike has led to the cancellation of nearly 700 flights, costing hardships to
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