Ran at: 20240920100516
<br>http://api.in.com/active18/solr/rewamp/solr_add_read_inhouse_test.php?id=85ceae4198ae12a3e0209534c4b7fb6923d444a7&dbid=&url=after-hc-ruling-air-india-sacks-10-more-pilots&crawl_time=20240920100516&source=IBNLive&thumbnail=http://static.ibnlive.in.com/ibnlive/pix/sitepix/03_2012/ai_drunk_pilots_90x62.jpg&title=After+HC+ruling%2C+Air+India+sacks+10+more+pilots&content=%3Cb%3ENew+Delhi%3A%3C%2Fb%3E+Soon+after+the+Delhi+High+Court+on+Wednesday+declared+that+the+Air+India+Pilots%5C%27+strike+is+illegal%2C+the+Air+India+management+acted+and+sacked+10+more+pilots.+Admonishing+Air+India+pilots+union+Indian+Pilots+Guild%2C+the+court+said+that+the+strike+should+be+halted+until+hearings+in+the+case+are+completed+and+also+said+no+pilots+should+call+in+sick.+%0D%0A%0D%0APilots+represented+by+the+union+the+Indian+Pilots+Guild+called+in+sick+on+Monday.+At+least+five+domestic+and+two+international+flights+were+cancelled+on+Wednesday+morning.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+court+observed+that+Air+India+is+a+public+utility+services+company+and+the+Supreme+Court+through+various+orders+has+said+that+such+a+company+cannot+be+held+to+ransom+by+using+methods+like+strike+of+calling+in+sick.%0D%0A%0D%0AAir+India+management+argued+before+the+court+that+inter-union+rivalry+between+erstwhile+Air+India+and+the+Indian+Airlines+was+the+reason+behind+the+strike.+According+to+the+management+there+were+two+aircraft+at+the+centre+of+the+controversy+-+Boeing+787+Dreamliner+and+Boeing+777+-+and+who+should+be+trained+on+them.+The+unions+were+not+in+agreement+whether+pilots+from+Air+India+or+Indian+Airlines+should+be+trained+on+the+two+aircraft.%0D%0A%0D%0AA+decision+was+taken+that+the+training+on+the+Dreamliner+would+be+in+the+ratio+1%3A1+and+that+had+already+begun.+Aggrieved+by+this+decision+the+Indian+Pilots+Guild+moved+the+High+Court+and+the+Indian+Commercial+Pilots+Association+moved+the+Supreme+Court.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn+April+23+the+Supreme+Court+said+that+the+training+in+the+1%3A1+ratio+would+continue.+Despite+this+order+the+Indian+Pilots+Guild+went+to+strike+as+a+pressure+tactics+against+the+training+parity.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+management+argued+that+the+strike+has+led+to+hardship+for+thousands+of+passengers+and+in+times+of+difficulties+it+is+creating+huge+loss+for+the+airline.+The+management+pointed+out+that+modus+operandi+adopted+by+the+pilots+was+to+report+sick.%0D%0A%0D%0ACivil+Aviation+Minister+Ajit+Singh+talked+tough+after+the+High+Court+order%2C+having+already+warned+that+the+government+may+consider+downsizing+the+airline+if+the+agitation+by+the+pilots+continued.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5C%22It+was+always+clear+that+this+is+an+illegal+strike.+Pilots+are+openly+saying+we+will+be+sick.+It%5C%27s+planned+sickness.+I+am+sure+after+the+judgement&entity=Air+India%2C+Delhi+High+Court%2C+Air+India+Strike%2C+Air+India+Pilots%2C+Pilots%2C+Strike%2C+Ajit+Singh&classname=&clusterid=0&cityid=0&countryid=1&timestamp=20120509162719&categoryid=3