The decision to withdraw their stance comes after a vote was held among the members of the two unions where almost 80 percent voted in favour of signing the new wage agreement. The unions will also withdraw the legal notice sent to Air India’s management terming the new employment contract as illegal.
Air India including Air India Express has around 3,000 pilots and close to 6,000 cabin crew on its payroll.
The airline’s CEO Campbell Wilson, along with top executives, is expected to attend the town hall meeting on April 25 while Aix Connect, another Tata airline, held a similar meeting on April 22.
Following one round of VRS by Air India, the airline has been facing a crew crunch, especially pilots for Boeing 777 aircraft, and plane shortages for the last six months
Post merger, the combined might of the Tata group airlines will trump IndiGo’s market share by a mile. But the current market leader isn’t going to take things lying down.