Air India should decide on jobs of striking pilots: Ajit Singh

With Air India considering further crackdown on the striking pilots, the government has said it is for airline's management to decide for how long to keep them on their payroll when they are not working.

It "is for the Air India management to take action now. These pilots have not come to work for more than 30 days....It is an illegal strike. They have defied the High Court," Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said.



Sources in the state-owned airline have said "tough action" would be taken against the remaining 300-odd pilots and have given indications that they could be sacked.