New Delhi:In a very unfortunate incident, national carrier Air India sacked around 50 pilots who resigned in 2019 but withdrew their resignations within the six months notice period time, according to rules.
The withdrawal of resignations was accepted earlier only to be revoked suddenly. Their services have been terminated with immediate effect.
The Air India pilots, who were employed in flying the Airbus 320 fleet of the airline, have sought the intervention of the management on the issue of “illegal termination” of 50 pilots from service.
In a letter to Rajiv Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India on Friday, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said around 50 pilots have received illegal termination letters from the Personnel Department in blatant violation of company’s operation manual and service rules.
“What’s happening? Around 50 of our pilots have been terminated overnight unceremoniously without proper procedure being followed. A rude shock for those who served the nation in this pandemic putting the nation first,” ICPA said in a tweet.
It is also learnt that many Southern Base crew contracts are not being renewed after they have completed five years. A total of 18 cabin crew have been terminated in southern region and this is the first round with threw crew from Calicut terminated.
