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No salary for 3 months, flight safety at risk: Jet Airway’s union to DGCA

Three months of salary is still overdue to them

PTI New Delhi Published 19.03.19, 06:13 AM
Cash-strapped Jet Airways had on Monday said it had grounded four more planes.

Cash-strapped Jet Airways had on Monday said it had grounded four more planes. iStock

As Jet Airways continue to ground aircraft and cancel significant number of flights, the airline's aircraft maintenance engineers' union wrote to the aviation regulator on Tuesday that three months of salary was overdue to them and flight safety “is at risk”.

In a letter written to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Jet Aircraft Engineers Welfare Association (JAMEWA) stated: “It has been arduous for us to meet our financial requirements, result of which have adversely affected the psychological condition of Aircraft Engineers at work and therefore the safety of public transport airplanes being flown by Jet Airways across India and the world is at risk.”

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“While the senior management is finding a resolution to be in business, we the Engineers who inspect, troubleshoot and certify the public transport airplanes for its airworthiness are in tremendous stress due to non-payment of salaries on time, since last 7 months. As of now, 3 month's salary is overdue to us,” the letter said.

Cash-strapped Jet Airways had on Monday said it had grounded four more planes, taking the number of aircraft that are non-operational due to non-payment of lease rentals to 41.

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