The strike by the Air India Pilots is continuing for the last 56 days. There is no end in sight to the strike. About 100 pilots have been dismissed, the Air India is losing about Rs.22 crores a day, passengers are suffering and the PSU is going down. The striking pilots are on hunger strike for the last eight days and two of them have already been hospitalised. The Government, the Aviation Minister and the Air india Management are taking the stand that whatever happens, they are not prepared to talk with the striking pilots, unless they join duty. They also say that the dismissed pilots case will be settled case by case meaning that all will not be taken back, especially 11 of the union committee members. Pilots are prepared to join duty if everybody is taken back and the union is recognised again.

The people of the country want the strike to end and the Air India starts its operations as earlier. It is the duty of the government to find a solution to the matter.It is not a question of  right and wrong, but a mediation through which the issue is to be resolved. The issue has come in connection with the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines and the management and the government have to sort out the matter. The government should act and resolve the matter urgently by discussing with the pilots association without sticking to its adamant stand.