MUMBAI: With Jet Airways delaying salaries of its pilots and engineers for the second consecutive month amid a critical monetary crunch, its pilots have warned the management of "non-cooperation" over default on bills.
The Naresh Goyal-promoted personal airline, by which UAE national service Etihad holds 24 consistent with cent stake, is facing acute money crunch after posting two back-to-back quarterly losses this year.
While its losses stood at Rs 1,036 crore in the March quarter, the losses jumped to Rs 1,300 crore in the subsequent June quarter of the current fiscal.
"Withholding salaries, that too without prior notice, is a serious matter and the management will bear sole responsibility for any repercussions," Jet Airways' pilots mentioned in a communication to the management earlier this week.
"We would like to advice that failure to address the above points and not paying the salaries on time would lead to non-cooperation by pilots," they warned.
Response to a question despatched to Jet Airways in this used to be awaited.
Significantly, Jet Airways had delayed fee of July salaries to its personnel earlier.
It had proposed an as much as 25 consistent with cent minimize in salaries of its workers in late June however used to be compelled to defer the plan following opposition from its pilots' union - National Aviator's Guild (NAG) - and engineers.
"(Earlier) it was agreed that, henceforth, salaries would be paid on time and, if there were to be a delay, the same would be communicated to the pilots well in time," the pilots mentioned.
"We are deeply disappointed over both these conditions being violated by the management and the pilot body would be sure to share our disappointment," they mentioned.
The pilots had written to airline chief executive Vinay Dube late closing month expressing their displeasure over the "unnecessary" building up in expenditure in the fresh occasions.
In the fresh letter, they have got additionally demanded that "all unnecessary positions and committees/ groups created in the last three months be dissolved with immediate effect and the hiring of the expensive expats (vis-a-vis domestic pilots) be stopped forthwith."
"We trust you will treat the above with the urgency it deserves and take immediate steps to resolve the situation," they mentioned in the communication.
The Naresh Goyal-promoted personal airline, by which UAE national service Etihad holds 24 consistent with cent stake, is facing acute money crunch after posting two back-to-back quarterly losses this year.
While its losses stood at Rs 1,036 crore in the March quarter, the losses jumped to Rs 1,300 crore in the subsequent June quarter of the current fiscal.
"Withholding salaries, that too without prior notice, is a serious matter and the management will bear sole responsibility for any repercussions," Jet Airways' pilots mentioned in a communication to the management earlier this week.
"We would like to advice that failure to address the above points and not paying the salaries on time would lead to non-cooperation by pilots," they warned.
Response to a question despatched to Jet Airways in this used to be awaited.
Significantly, Jet Airways had delayed fee of July salaries to its personnel earlier.
It had proposed an as much as 25 consistent with cent minimize in salaries of its workers in late June however used to be compelled to defer the plan following opposition from its pilots' union - National Aviator's Guild (NAG) - and engineers.
"(Earlier) it was agreed that, henceforth, salaries would be paid on time and, if there were to be a delay, the same would be communicated to the pilots well in time," the pilots mentioned.
"We are deeply disappointed over both these conditions being violated by the management and the pilot body would be sure to share our disappointment," they mentioned.
The pilots had written to airline chief executive Vinay Dube late closing month expressing their displeasure over the "unnecessary" building up in expenditure in the fresh occasions.
In the fresh letter, they have got additionally demanded that "all unnecessary positions and committees/ groups created in the last three months be dissolved with immediate effect and the hiring of the expensive expats (vis-a-vis domestic pilots) be stopped forthwith."
"We trust you will treat the above with the urgency it deserves and take immediate steps to resolve the situation," they mentioned in the communication.
Jet Airways pilots warn of 'non-cooperation' on salary payment default
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