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| September 12, 2009 | Passengers face tough time as Jet pilots protest continues | | New Delhi: Passengers are having a harrowing time
as Jet Airways has canceled flights for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday.
The pilots of the airlines are on strike under the banner of NAG (National Aviators
Guild), to press for their demands. More than half of the airline's 760 pilots
have gone on 'sick leave' since Tuesday, forcing the cancellation of flights and
affecting at least 14,000 passengers every day. Passengers were seen expressing
their unhappiness at most of the airports in the country, over the cancellation
of flights by the airlines without any prior information. " They (airlines) should
have given us prior information but we were not provided with any. So, we faced
lot of troubles. They should have informed us about what alternate arrangements
they have made," said Arindham Mukherjee, a passenger. Meanwhile, on Saturday
the talks between Jet Airlines management and pilots remained incomplete. According
to NAG sources, the pilots went on mass leave after four of their colleagues were
sacked. The pilots are also demanding for the recognition of their union by the
airlines. Jet Airways sources said that the four pilots were fired on disciplinary
grounds and described the mass absence of pilots a simulated strike. Most of the
Indian private airlines do not have unions, now the analysts have warned that
the unrest at Jet Airways could become the trigger for labour unrest in other
airlines also. | |
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