Indigo To 'Rationalise' salaries Of Its Aircraft Technicians
IndiGo said on Monday that it will "rationalize" the salaries of its aircraft maintenance technicians following mass sick leaves. IndiGo also said that it will also remove "anomalies caused by the pandemic", as per internal communication.4
The development came after a number of the airline's aircraft maintenance technicians, protesting against their salaries, went on sick leave on Saturday and Sunday in Hyderabad and Delhi.
On July 2, around 55 per cent of IndiGo's domestic flights were delayed as a significant number of its cabin crew members took sick leaves. Sources said they apparently went for an Air India recruitment drive.
IndiGo cut down the salaries of a large section of its employees when the coronavirus pandemic was at its peak.
As several went on sick leaves, SC Gupta, IndiGo's Senior Vice President (Engineering), sent an email to aircraft maintenance technicians on Monday, appreciating the work done by the technicians.
He said the aviation industry as a whole including IndiGo has been through an unprecedented challenging period over the last 30 months.
(With PTI inputs)
