New Delhi: As the Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia took charge on Friday, two unions are set to meet him against the Air India disinvestment and reduced allowance of the employees across the country. Speaking to ETV Bharat, Indian Commercial Pilots' Association, general secretary, Capt. T Praveen Keerthi, said, "We will be requesting for a meeting with the new Aviation Minister on the issues related to Air India divestment and regarding wages."
He further added that post-Air India divestment will have a bad impact on the pilots and we would address this issue to the Aviation Minister on priority. In April 2020, disinvestment-bound Air India had cut its pilots salaries by a massive 55 per cent to deal with the liquidity crunch in the wake of the pandemic. In May this year, the ICPA letter sent to the then Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated that the assurances given by the minister in the past acted as a bulwark against the alleged apathetic behaviour of Air India management towards the pilots during these trying times.