November 21, 2019
Employees of Jet Airways have written to President
The unions highlighted that a section of employees have not been paid their
salaries on time for the last seven months and that the distressing situation
was also brought to the notice of the Ministry of Labour and Employment in
March.A day after the airline suspended operations, hundreds of employees had
gathered in the national capital seeking measures to revive the carrier, which
has been in operation for nearly 26 years.
The unions also flagged that air
ticket prices are "sky rocketing".Amid uncertainty over the future course of the
carrier, two employees&China pu ball
Supplier39; unions have now written to the President and the Prime
Minister.". even after all our efforts, we are not seeing any ray of hope and so
it is our humble plea to take this matter under your guidance for an immediate
action for the revival of the entire system," the letter said.
Cash-starved Jet
Airways, which has around 23,000 employees, has delayed payment of salaries to
the employees, including pilots. The outstanding amount for pilots and engineers
as of now is three months salary (full salaries for the months of January,
February and March), and for all other staff is one month's salary," the letter
said.Cash-starved Jet Airways, which has around 23,000 employees, has delayed payment of salaries to the employees, including pilots.
We have also realised
that along with our Jet Airways sinking, we are not only 23,000 employees who
will be affected directly but a number of people who are running business or are
associated with us some way or the other.In separate but similarly-worded
letters this week, the Society for Welfare of Indian Pilots (SWIP) and Jet
Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Welfare Association (JAMEWA) have requested help
in clearing their outstanding salary dues.Noting that employees did their best
to keep up the highest standards of safety and professionalism in these trying
times, the grouping said non-payment of salaries is causing extreme hardships to
employees."We also urge you to expedite the process of emergency funding, as
every minute and every decision is very critical in these testing times," one of
the letters said.
We request you to consider the situation with the urgency it
deserves and direct the management of Jet Airways (India) Ltd to expeditiously
disburse all outstanding dues to affected employees.SWIP has around 1,200
members while JAMEWA represents more than 500 employees.. Passengers are already
facing the brunt of it," they said. Such a big airline going down will leave a
huge vacuum behind.After months of uncertainty, Jet Airways announced temporary
suspension of its operations on April 17 as it failed to receive emergency funds
from lenders."Even the shops at the airports are facing a lull.
Employees of Jet Airways have written to President Ram
Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking their intervention to
recover outstanding dues as well as to expedite the process of emergency funds
for the airline, which has shuttered its operations temporarily.
The management
of Jet Airways has gone back on its salary arrears payment schedule conveyed by
mail dated December 7, 2018..Domestic lenders have invited bids for selling
stake in Jet Airways.Domestic lenders have invited bids for selling stake in Jet
Airways. On April 18, the lenders said they were "reasonably hopeful" that the
bidding process for the airline would end successfully
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