Striking Air India pilot demand CBI inquiry
MUMBAI: Although Delhi High Court ordered striking Air India pilot to get back to work and the airline management threaten stern action and declare a lock-out, the 850-plus agitating pilots on Friday said they will go ahead with the stir and are willing to go to the jail.
The strike entered its third day on Friday. Rishab Kapur, general secretary of the banned Indian Commercial Pilot Associations (ICPA), told reporters in Mumbai on Friday evening, “We are more than willing to go jail. Nearly 31,000 Air India employees will also be ready to court arrest because we are serious about saving the national carrier from ruin.”
“We are willing to get back to work provided the Government assures that they will look into the corruption issue raised by us and order a CBI enquiry.”
He demanded a CBI probe into “corruption” in the airline under the leadership of Managing Director Arvind Jadhav.
They also demanded to make the portion of the Niira Radia tape that allegedly speaks about the hidden agenda of the Air India management to sell the Government-run airline to a private party, public.
