May 5, 2011 7:05 PM

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Govt to will continue talks with Air India Pilots

The Government will continue talks with Air India Pilots tomorrow to sort out the difficult issues in a bid to end the 9-day-old stir. They held two rounds of talks today after government invited the agitating pilots for discussions yesterday. It constituted a two member committee headed by the joint secretary in the Civil Aviation Ministry Prashant Shukul to hold the talks with the representatives of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association spearheading the agitation. Both the government and the pilots maintain that parleys are moving in the right direction and expressed hope that a resolution to the agitation may emerge soon. An Air India spokesman said that the national carrier has opened bookings for Metro sectors from today. Bookings for other domestic sectors will continue to be suspended till Sunday Air India services continued to remain crippled today with the airline managing to operate only 10 per cent of its services which is about 40 of its daily 320 flights. National Air Line, which has sacked seven pilots and suspended six others, is suffering an estimated operational loss of 26 crore rupees per day on account of the stir. Delhi High Court on Tuesday slapped contempt notices on nine office bearers of the de-recognized ICPA for disobeying its order to call off the strike. It would take up the matter again on 25 of this month. Apart from meeting their demands, the pilots are seeking revocation of sackings, suspensions and transfers during the strike period.

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