Services of only two pilots terminated: Jet Airways

Mumbai, Sep 9 (PTI) Jet Airways on Wednesday said it
has terminated the services of only two pilots and that no
other pilot has been sacked.

"We have taken disciplinary action against two pilots
yesterday and other than that no pilot has been sacked," a Jet
Airways spokesperson told PTI, clarifying media reports in
this regard.

Earlier, sources had said that Jet had terminated
services of five more pilots on Wednesday after they went on
mass sick leave on Tuesday.

So far, disciplinary action has been taken against
four pilots, including two in the month of August.

The pilots had called for a strike on August 7
demanding reinstatement of the two sacked colleagues. The
matter was then referred to the Regional Labour Commissioner
(RLC) for conciliation.

The Commissioner called a conciliatory meeting on
August 31 advising both Jet Airways and pilots to adhere to
the Industrial Dispute Act of 1947.

Jet cannot terminate the services of any pilot and the
pilot cannot go on a strike as long as the matter was under
conciliation, the RLC had said at that time.

The pilots withdrew their strike call on September 7
but went on mass sick leave to protest the sacking. PTI IAS
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