Disgruntled with the Jet Airways’ management, pilots of subsidiary
JetLite have sought a meeting with regulator Directorate-General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday to seek a one-off waiver of the
mandatory six-month notice period before leaving the company. Over 70 of
the 189 JetLite pilots want to quit and move to rival airlines like
IndiGo and Vistara at the earliest, as earlier reported by FE. “We have
already sent a letter to Prabhat Kumar (director-general, DGCA) asking
for the waiver of the notice period. Alternatively, Jet should be
mandated to deposit our six month salaries with a government agency, so
in case JetLite is closed down, our wages are assured. Jet already owes
wage arrears of about R15 lakh for senior commanders and R7-8 lakh for
the first officers,” a JetLite pilot told FE.
JetLite, which operates as a low-cost carrier JetKonnect and was originally Air Sahara before being acquired by Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways, is in the midst of being absorbed into the parent carrier by December this year. The fate of JetLite remains uncertain because Jet wants to operate only a single full-service brand with an aim to turn domestic operations profitable by FY17.
Read news in full 15/10/14 Indian Express
JetLite, which operates as a low-cost carrier JetKonnect and was originally Air Sahara before being acquired by Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways, is in the midst of being absorbed into the parent carrier by December this year. The fate of JetLite remains uncertain because Jet wants to operate only a single full-service brand with an aim to turn domestic operations profitable by FY17.
Read news in full 15/10/14 Indian Express
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