COVID-19: Air India pilots threaten to stop work if airline fails to vaccinate flying crew ANI | Updated: May 04, 2021 14:51 IST
By Ashoke Raj
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Captain T Praveen Keerthi, General Secretary of the pilots union of national carrier Air India, Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), on Tuesday raised an issue with Air India Director Captain R S Sandhu about their guidelines of COVID-19 vaccination drive across India which excludes pilots.
In a letter to the Air India Director, Keerthi threatened to stop work if the management fails to set up vaccination camps pan India for the flying crew above age of 18 years.
Air India (AI) has said a schedule for vaccinating its employees is being drawn up and all employees will be vaccinated by May-end.
The national carrier issued a statement after its pilots threatened to stop work over lack of management support for employee vaccination. “Air India has already held camps on office premises for vaccination of 45 years and above employees. Since May 1, as all persons 18 years and above can be vaccinated, a schedule for vaccination is now being drawn up and it is expected to commence as early as next week. All employees will be vaccinated by end of this month, that is May 2021. The schedule is also being drawn up keeping in mind that crew who do not have fixed working days,” Air India said.