<ul><li>The letter dated July 6 from Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association( ICPA) and <keyword id="964626" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Pilots-Guild">Indian Pilots’ Guild</keyword> (IPG) suggested steps that Air India should take in the times of coronavirus.</li><li>The letter said the 10% pay cut across the board treats “unequal people equally.” </li><li>The pilot body also suggested that it is time for the national carrier to look at its employment policies and cut back on the excessive employee strength in the backend departments. </li></ul><keyword id="9003469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Air-India-pilot-Association">Air India pilot association</keyword> tells chairman Rajiv Bansal that the national carrier should take cues from private airlines in cost-cutting measures during the coronavirus pandemic. The letter from the Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association( ICPA) and Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG) listed various steps that Air India should take at this time when the aviation sector and the company itself is a facing major cash crunch due to the economic slowdown. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="76806028" title="Top Air India officials to retire, squabble for posts begins" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> “Air India should also be guided by how other players in the aviation sector are battling the adversities of the coronavirus pandemic. We understand that a leading private carrier has an employee strength of 250 in finance and 130 in HR, handling a fleet of 255 aircrafts. This may be contrasted with Air India, which has more than 1600 employees in HR and Finance for a mere 125 aircrafts,” said the letter. <div type="twitter" handle="shukla_tarun" handlename="Tarun Shukla" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1274006662542528512/NZLGI9vJ_normal.jpg" favoritecount="43" retweetcount="6" status="Air India pilot association tells chairman Rajiv Bansal, AI should follow pvt airlines in cost-cutting. There are… https://t.co/IBkPoos0Cs" createdat="1594022270000" id="1280048296191393792"></div> Salary cuts should be steeper with rising pay grades It further added that the 10% pay cut across the board treats “unequal people equally.” The class IV employees are the ones that are severely impacted by the pay cut than the ones at the top of the ladder, the letter explained. “While prima facie appearing to be fair, this scheme distributes the financial burden across the various categories of employees in an extremely discriminatory manner amounting to treating unequal people equally,” said the pilots in the letter. It also suggested that Class IV workers should be kept away from the allowance cut. The pilot body also recommended that it is time for the national carrier to look at its employment policies and cut back on the excessive employee strength in the backend departments. “Since Air India is in financial distress on account of the pandemic, the employee strength should be brought at par with other market players through common-sense measures like compulsory leave without pay till such time normal operations resume,” it said. “This is nowhere in line with market standards, and since operations have been scaled back, their workload has reduced drastically. It is prudent for Air India and the MoCA to take cognisance of this excess manpower and trim costs as our aircraft stand under-utilised,” it added. “If any meaningful cost-saving has to be effected, the financial burden must be fairly distributed between all employees based on their job functions and emoluments,” the letter said. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/markets/news/these-are-the-top-10-stock-to-buy-in-july-according-to-axis-securities/slidelist/76808620.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">These are the top 10 stock to buy in July, according to Axis Securities</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/a-bankers-checklist-for-msmes-who-want-a-loan/articleshow/76809382.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">A banker's checklist for MSMEs who want a loan</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/icmr-clarifies-that-august-15-was-not-a-deadline-for-covid-19-vaccine-after-experts-called-out-how-impossible-it-was/articleshow/76806783.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">ICMR ‘clarifies’ that August 15 was not a deadline for COVID-19 vaccine after experts called out how impossible it was</a>

Air India pilots are angry over pay cuts⁠— want salaries to be reduced in a graded manner

GVK Group has slashed salaries of its staff across companies by up to 30 per cent from May amid the <keyword id="8829783" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus-pandemic">coronavirus pandemic</keyword>, which has significantly impacted markets and businesses due to a total shutdown of nearly two months, a source said on Wednesday. The diversified group, which is into energy, resources, airports, transportation, hospitality and <keyword id="6121291" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Life-sciences-sectors">life sciences sectors</keyword>, has around 1,800 workforce. In the last over two months, numerous companies from across sectors have resorted to layoffs, salary cuts, deferred payments and 'Leave Without Pay' to staff to mimimise the impact of the pandemic on their revenues and sustain business in the long term. "GVK group has trimmed the salaries of its staff by 10-30 per cent from May. As per the revised pay, the employees having a CTC (cost-to-company) of above Rs 10 lakh and up to Rs 25 lakh per annum have been given a 10 per cent cut. Similarly, the salaries of the executives whose annual gross pay is above Rs 25 lakh have been slashed by 20 per cent," the source, privy to the development, told . The maximum reduction in pay is for the senior and top management that has taken 30 per cent cut, he said. A GVK Group spokesperson, in response to an e-mail query on the paycut, said, "We do not comment on internal matters." The response to a query on this issue to Group's Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Mumbai international Airport Ltd (MIAL) Sanjay Reddy remained unanswered. A consortium-led by GVK group in partnership with Airports Authority of India manages and operates the country's second busiest airport, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj international Airport of Mumbai. GVK rival GMR group has also reduced the salaries of its staff by up to 50 per cent from May. "In view of the challenges faced by the infrastructure sector/industry due to COVID-19, GMR has taken steps to restructure the compensation of employees," a spokesperson of the New Delhi-based conglomerate had told on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/indigo-cuts-employee-salary-by-25-after-goair-asks-them-to-go-on-unpaid-leave/articleshow/74712843.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Indigo cuts employee salary by 25% after GoAir asks them to go on unpaid leave</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/interglobe-aviation-indigo-airline-profit-revenue-for-q4-march-2020-earnings-result-and-share-price-chart/articleshow/76154721.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">As expected, IndiGo reports a net loss of ₹1,750 crore after domestic air passenger dips and costs continue to pile up</a>

GVK Group announces salary cuts up to 30% from May amid coronavirus pandemic

(Eds: Adding details) Mumbai, Mar 31 () Budget carrier SpiceJet has decided to cut up to 30 per cent salary of its employees in March with Chairman Ajay Singh opting for highest 30 per cent trimming in compensation, the airline said in an e-mail communication to the staff on Tuesday.Moreover, the employees will also be treated as "on leave without pay" for the March 25-31 phase due to the suspension of air passenger services during the period, said the airline, which offered its aircraft and crew to the government for any "humanitarian mission" last week.Significantly, the pay-cut announcement coincides with the termination of service contracts of over a dozen expat pilots with the airline, as per a source."These are extremely tough time and call for appropriate and exceptional measures to sale through the exceptional challenge. As tough as it seems, most Indian carriers have already announced a pay cut for their employees."Unfortunately SpiceJet is not too immune to the situation which has unquestionably affected the airlines in the most severe form across the globe. Therefore in our bid to stay lean, and under absolutely unavoidable circumstances, we have been forced to take certain bold decisions, which will help the SpiceJet family surmount these difficult times," Human Resource department of the airline told employees in the e-mail.SpiceJet management has decided to implement a pay cut between 10-30 per cent in March across our employee base. Our Chairman and Managing Director (Ajay Singh), in fact, has opted for the highest cut of 30 per cent in compensation, SpiceJet said.It, however, spared employees in the lowest pay grades from any pay cut.In an official statement later, the airline said it has implemented a 10-30 per cent pay cut for all its employees across top and mid-rung levels."The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have forced us to take some tough measures to ensure that no one at SpiceJet is retrenched. What we are facing is a global phenomenon and no airline in the world is immune to the impact," Singh said in the statement.India's aviation industry, reeling under the impact of the global outbreak of COVID-19, is seeking help from the government to mitigate the financial impact of the pandemic, SpiceJet said.Coronavirus driven lockdown has adversely impacted the industry, leading to significant economic headwinds. Several airline companies, both in India and abroad, have been forced to undertake severe measures in their attempt to survive amidst tough market conditions, it said in the statement."There are a over a dozen expat captains on the Bombardier Q400 (regional jets) fleet who have been served the termination notice," an airline source privy to development told ."SpiceJet has not sacked any pilot. We have served a 'one-month notice' to 13 expat Q400 captains, as per their official contract. They have also been paid a month's salary as per their contract."We have accepted the resignation of 18 Boeing captains," a spokesperson of SpiceJet said in response to a query. Other budget carriers IndiGo and GoAir have already announced similar moves earlier.SpiceJet , in the e-mail, also said, "unfortunately due to the lockdown, we are forced to announce 'leave without pay for employees during March 25-31, the lockdown period during which all air passenger services remained shut".India is under a three-week lockdown starting March 25 to curb the the virus spread.Wadia Group-owned IndiGo was the first domestic carrier to announce a 25 per cent across-the-board pay cut on March 19, and it was followed by government-owned Air India, which affected a 10 per cent cut in employees allowance to deal with the precarious finances amid coronavirus pandemic.IndiGo's smaller rival GoAir also announced salary cut for all its employees in March. IAS KIS BALBAL

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Air India pilots are angry over pay cuts⁠— want salaries to be reduced in a graded manner

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