Jet pilots report for work, flights limp back to normalcy

Mumbai/New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) Pilots at Jet Airways
Sunday resumed work ending a five-day stir shortly after a
settlement with the management under which four sacked pilots
were reinstated and a consultative group from the two sides is
to be set up to resolve issues through continuous dialogue.

The air operations limped back to normalcy after about 100
of the nearly 500 pilots who went on a mass "sick leave"
reported for duties across India after a "amicable agreement"
was announced in Mumbai following a marathon nine-hour meeting
that ended at around 0230 HRS (IST) Sunday.
Jet Chairman Naresh Goyal met over 170 pilots at a
five-star hotel in a western suburb for about 45 minutes and
said he was happy the "misunderstanding was over and the
family was united." The meeting followed an open letter to
"colleagues and friends" requesting they "forgive, forget and
put behind the past behind you fully and finally."

As many as 140 flights, including 10 on international
routes, remained cancelled Sunday, a company spokesperson
said, noting that 98 pilots had reported fit for work this
morning.

Jet Airways' Chief Commercial Officer Sudheer Raghavan
told reporters in Mumbai that normal services of the
private eirline were expected to be restored by Tuesday.

Nearly 500 pilots, who reported "sick" for the last five
days, decided to resume their duties after the agreement.

On the status of the National Aviators Guild, which had
become the bone of contention between the management and the
vairline's pilots, Jet Executive Director Saroj Dutta said
there was "no requirement of a union" when the pilots and the
management are working together.
Guild President Captain Girish Kaushik said the law of the
land would take its course with respect to NAG.

On the losses incurred dueto the stir, Dutta said prior
to disruption in services, the airlines revenue used to be
around USD eight million a day. PTI IAS
DDC


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