Airline technicians continue to strike work as they protest low salaries

Jul 13, 2022

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

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GoAir technicians latest to protest low wages

A significant number of maintenance technicians in GoAir airlines on June 12 went on sick leave for three days to protest over low salaries.

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Staff wrote email to GoAir

The GoAir technicians who went on sick leave wrote an email to the airline's management asking for an increase in their salaries.

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IndiGo technicians set the ball rolling on protests

GoAir technicians’ strike followed a similar incident at IndiGo. Two days ago, several IndiGo technical staff members took a mass sick leave in Delhi and Hyderabad for the same reason.

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According to a PTI report, IndiGo has asked the technicians concerned to report to the airline's doctor,...

...along with necessary medical documents, to verify if they were actually sick.

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The airline has been hit by labour troubles as a large chunk of its cabin crew staff took ...

...sick leave to attend Tata Air India’s mass recruitment drive.

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There will be more such incidents in the coming months, experts say,...

...as a new airline, Akasa Airlines, is set to launch operations.

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Analysts say employees would opt to work for bigger airlines

Praveen Paul, a Bengaluru-based aviation consultant believes that employees would stick to bigger airlines who are better paymasters and will look for stability in addition to hikes. IndiGo, he says, is one of the few airlines that pays its employees on time.

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IndiGo and SpiceJet had deferred payments & cut salaries to survive

IndiGo and SpiceJet had both deferred salary payments and slashed salaries to survive. However, they restored them within a year, as airlines started flying in 2021.

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There is a staff shortage in the aviation industry

All airlines will face a crew shortage, leading to massive employee poaching in the industry. There are around 17,000 registered pilots in India, with only about 2,500 women. The industry needs to fill this gap urgently.

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