Air India today cancelled over 30 domestic and international flights operating out of various cities with the agitation by its executive pilots continuing for the second day. The national carrier cancelled 17 flights from the national capital, five each from Mumbai and Chennai and four from Kolkata.<br/>According to an Air India official , as per the contingency plan, flights on those sectors which have low passenger load or on which there are alternative flights have been cancelled .The airlines had to cancel the flights as pilots did not report to duty citing health reasons. However, Air India officials in Mumbai maintained that they cancelled five flights due to technical reasons.<br/>Protesting against a cut of up to 50 per cent in their performance-linked incentives (PLI), and payment of their due salaries of last three months, senior pilots have boycotted their work by reporting sick since yesterday.<br/>Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav is expected to meet the agitating pilots in Mumbai later today to address their concerns and resolve the agitation. But a representative of agitating executive pilots told PTI that they will not go for any negotiation until the management comes to a neutral platform. He said, neutral platform means first, the payment of the allowances of all pilots, which is due for the last three months and second, the withdrawal of the directive for a up to 50 per cent reduction in Productivity-Linked Incentives.