Besides, Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA) is also conducting a secret ballot from today till September 6 to decide whether to declare a strike at the state-run airline against a notification by the airline management removing pilots from the workmen category.
Kingfisher Airline employees, who have not received their May salary despite an assurance from the airline management, are likely to chalk out an action plan next week, if they do not receive their dues by November 17.
Kingfisher Airlines has not yet paid salaries to staff since February says CNBC-TV18 quoting NewsWire 18. Due to the ongoing financial crunch, the airline has not been able to pay staff salaries on time and due to this around 300 employees have quit the organisation since April.
With the strike by Air India pilots entering the seventh day, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday rapped the airline management and the pilots' association for their rigid attitude and appointed a counsel to assist it in resolving the stand off.
Refusing to talk to striking Air India pilots, the government on Monday said it will wait till the stir is called off and abide by the court's order on the Contempt of Court proceedings initiated by the airline management.
A solution to Air India's problem of servicing its huge debt burden may come about soon with the bankers consortium and the airline management holding a meeting in Mumbai tomorrow.
Air India's flight operations could face a major disruption on March nine if a section of its pilots go on strike, a 14-day notice for which was served to the airline management here today.