TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ The National Aviators Guild (NAG), the domestic pilots union of the crippled Jet Airways, on Tuesday demanded interest on their delayed salaries along with timely payment, saying the prevailing situation is not “ideal” for them to be in the cockpits.
In two separate communications to director-general of civil aviation BS Bhullar and Jet Airways chief executive Vinay Dube, the guild also said they are facing problems in paying their EMIs and other financial commitments.The pilots along with engineers and have salary arrears for three months, starting January.
The
letters from guild president Karan Chopra on Tuesday comes two after they
deferred their strike call to April 15, which was earlier to begin on April 1. “Non-payment
of salaries is leading to extreme tension and frustration among us, which is
hardly an ideal situation for pilots in the cockpits. EMIs, school and college
fees to be paid along with medical bills of our ageing parents,” Chopra
said.
