Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has said that it is up to the Air India management to decide for how long to keep striking pilots on their pay-roll when they are not working.

Talking to reporters in New Delhi today, Mr Singh said, it is for the management to take action now, since the pilots have not reported for work for more than 30 days.

Meanwhile, the National Carrier Air India have set up a Committee to review its global operations to find out how many pilots are required to operate flights.

The Committee will advise the management on the actual number of pilots needed to run Air India's international operations.

The Air India management have also been mulling to sack 300 more pilots who have been on strike for the past 34 days.

The national carrier had sacked 101 striking pilots and de-recognised the Indian Pilots' Guild which has been leading this agitation, since the strike began on the 7th of last month.

Air India has recently issued an advertisement for recruiting fresh pilots, both expats and locals. The ongoing strike by the Air India pilots who fly international routes, has led to the loss of over 450 crore rupees so far.