New Delhi: Air India pilots have questioned the government's move to penalise airline's employees for any flight delay by way of cutting salary and said it will create an "unsafe" environment in the carrier.
"This futile exercise is going to be detrimental to flight safety as employees directly involved with the departure of a flight will try to cut corners in the safety practices in order to avoid delays," said Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) in a letter to the management.
It said it does "appreciate" the efforts made by the Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation to fix accountability for the delays, "But are the employees responsible for the present state of the airline??."
In an order last week, the government had directed Air India management to cut up to 10 per cent salary of an employee, if he is found responsible for any flight delay. "We request you to communicate to the Secretary, MOCA to first fix accountability for delay in salaries of our employees," the Association said.
06/02/15 PTI/Deccan Chronicle
"This futile exercise is going to be detrimental to flight safety as employees directly involved with the departure of a flight will try to cut corners in the safety practices in order to avoid delays," said Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) in a letter to the management.
It said it does "appreciate" the efforts made by the Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation to fix accountability for the delays, "But are the employees responsible for the present state of the airline??."
In an order last week, the government had directed Air India management to cut up to 10 per cent salary of an employee, if he is found responsible for any flight delay. "We request you to communicate to the Secretary, MOCA to first fix accountability for delay in salaries of our employees," the Association said.
06/02/15 PTI/Deccan Chronicle
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