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Jet Airways Pilots End Strike : Sacked Pilots will be Reinstated

by israeli.agent | September 12, 2009 at 02:44 pm

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The 5 days old mass "sick-leave" strike by the pilots of Indian airliner Jet Airways that crippled the services of the carrier finally ended. The striking pilot's union - National Aviator's Guild - and the management have worked out a settlement, as per reports. The meeting held in Mumbai had lasted for seven hours.

It is understood that one of the major demands by the pilots union NAG to reinstate the sacked pilots got a yes. On the other hand the pilots will not challenge the review of registration of their union. The registration authority is the Registrar of Trade unions , India.

A majority of the 400 pilots who are the memebers of the National Aviators Guild took part in the strike.

A "sick leave" strike by pilots at India's second-largest airline, Jet Airways, ended Saturday after forcing the cancellation of flights for five days, local media reported.

Thousands of Jet customers had been forced to change their travel plans as more than 430 pilots -- over half the pilot roster -- reported sick in what the company called a "simulated strike" triggered by the sacking of two pilots for setting up a union.

"The (sacked) pilots will be taken back into service and flight operations are set to begin as early as tomorrow after the pilots' rostering is done," the United News of India (UNI) agency reported Saturday, citing unnamed sources.

"However, the final announcement over the deadlock from both the sides is expected to take place tomorrow."

The Press Trust of India agency quoted a spokesman for the airline as saying normal domestic flights would resume by noon on Sunday.

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israeli.agent

at 16:20 on September 12th, 2009

Welcome to India..!

But before boarding the plane please check with NAG if they are not planning for another NAGging strike, especially when the flight is in the mid-air...!

.Agent.

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