The Air India Pilots strike is entering the fourth day. Despite threat of dismissal from management and victimisation, more pilots have joined the strike.
Air India has lost its market share and become e loss-making. It is a well known fact that the consecutive ministers and the management have been steadily trying to weaken Air India, by favouring the private airlines. The workers got no wage revision now due to loss.
It is only after utilising all avenues for discussion that the pilots have gone on strike. The adamancy of the management and the Government that they will talk with the union only after the strike is withdrawn smacks of fascist tendencies. It is to be noted that despite the threat of dismissal and other punitive measures, the strike did not get weakened, but had strengthened only.
The management and Minister should meet the striking pilots, discuss and sort out the issues early so that the difficulty of the travellers can be reduced.