Ministry of Civil Aviation: Airlines loose Rs.127 crores due to strikes
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The losses suffered by NACIL and other airlines due to strikes were around Rs.127 Crores. This information was given by the Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel in Lok Sabha today.
The estimated loss suffered by NACIL on account of these strikes was around Rs.77 crores. Executive Pilots of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) had resorted to stoppage of work through mass sick leave etc. because of the proposed cut in flying allowance, from 26 September 2009 to 30 September 2009. All India Aircraft Engineers' Association (AIAEA) and Air Corporations Employees’ Union (ACEU), the two unions of erstwhile Indian Airlines, without giving any notice or reasons, went on a flash strike on 25 May 2010. A simulated strike was called by Jet Airways Pilots by reporting sick from 8 September 2009 to 12 September 2009. |
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Ministry of Civil Aviation: Airlines loose Rs.127 crores due to strikes 
