Striking Air India pilots got backing from a global pilots’ body which extended them support and sought the intervention of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to end the deadlock that entered the 52nd day today.
In a letter to the DGCA, Mr E.K. Bharat Bhushan, International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Association (IFALPA), said, “It is our view that DGCA, as the responsible regulator, is in a unique position and can make a very positive contribution towards ending this dispute.
“We would ask you to use your good offices to bring both sides back to the negotiating table so that the differing views can be resolved,” the IFALPA President, Capt Don Wykoff, said in the letter. Capt Wykoff also said, “Whilst it is not our role to sit in judgement as to the rights and wrongs of the dispute that seem centred on issues arising from the Air India and Indian Airlines merger, we feel a duty to make every effort to find a solution which is both fair and acceptable to both sides.”