Air India crisis: 100 pilots call in sick; 4 flights cancelled - NewsX

Nearly 100 Air India pilots have called in sick and refused to turn up to work on Monday night. This action comes right after talks between the Indian Pilots Guild, and the airline management broke down. Nearly 400 Air India pilots are expected be on strike today, say sources. The strike that had hit a few international flights on Saturday blew up further Monday with a host of international flights from Amritsar and New Delhi hit. The IPG pilots, who belong to the pre-merger Air India, are protesting the management's decision to train their colleagues from the erstwhile Indian Airlines on flying the long-haul Dreamliner plane, the first of which is expected to arrive later this month. Pilots of the Indian Pilots Guild are demanding that they be trained on the 'Dreamliner' Boeing 787.
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