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Friday, 5 September 2014

Pilots plan to quit; crisis in IA

Indian Airlines has once again been pushed to the brink with 14 senior pilots, including three commanders, planning to quit the airline in the next two days. The development may force the airline to ground a part of its fleet seriously jeopardising its operations. All the pilots have been reportedly offered jobs by Jet Airways at salaries which, according to one pilot, was five times more than their present pay at Indian Airlines. Six pilots are learnt to have tendered their resignations so far. The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad, has been informed about the likely exit of 14 pilots. The Minister is learnt to have taken a serious view of the situation. The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a warning to Jet Air that it should not recruit pilots who have not obtained no-objection certificate from their previous employers.

Stung by the RBI’s recent letter of July 30 wherein the bank had taken a serious note of its shortfall in statutory investment in the Government-approved securities, the Peerless General Finance and Investment Co. has given a categorical assurance to the RBI authorities here that it has already started negotiations with Union Bank of India for designated banker status.
Read news in full 29/08/14 Business Line

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