Making an appeal to all employees to immediately and Making an appeal to all employees to immediately and forthwith restore normalcy and resume normal duties, the Kingfisher statement said the airline has more than sufficient number of staff to safely operate its current schedule of flights as per the holding plan. "It is internally ascertained that despite the fact that a vast majority of the staff are willing to cooperate and support the company in these turbulent times, they are not able to/not being allowed to report to work on account of acts of criminal intimidation by the said same class of recalcitrant employees," the statement said. In these circumstances, with the safety of passengers in mind, the Company is left with no other option but to take firm and decisive steps as advised in law, including disciplinary action against these recalcitrant employees, to bring the situation under control particularly with a view to getting flight operations back to normal at the earliest., the statement added. Before commencing legal action, the airline said it will make efforts to continue to engage with these recalcitrant employees to persuade them to cease and desist from intimidating and threatening the vast majority of the work force that is willing to report for work with a view to commence normal flight operations as per the holding plan as soon as possible. PTI ARC GSN GSN
