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  Volume: XXII, Issue No. 21 June 16-30, 2013  
     
 
   
 
   
  AVIATION
  AI virtually shuts doors on striking pilots, to hire 100 new pilots
 
 
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New Delhi : Air India is going to induct about 100 new pilots in the next few months, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said recently while virtually shutting the doors for striking pilots, asking those sacked to apply afresh.
Indicating that the 101 sacked pilots could be replaced by new ones, Singh said, 90 pilots were currently undergoing training and would be available for flying in August.
"We're making sure we have enough resources_ pilots and engineers to operate the new flights we have planned," he said in reply to a spate of questions on the month-long pilots' agitation spearheaded by the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG).
The striking pilots questioned the government's plan. "We have serious doubts about ministry's move (to hire pilots). Whom do they want to benefit? At a time when the company is under severe financial crunch, can these new pilots be afforded at a salary which is double of ours?" Captain Anil Kumar Rao, Joint Secretary of IPG, told reporters after pilots staged silent marches in Delhi and Mumbai.
"Such a move by the ministry can jeopardise fight passenger safety. Hiring foreign pilots without study of their track records could lead to compromising with safety issue," he alleged.
   
 
 
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