Get us vaccinated on precedence or we cease work: Air India pilots

The pilots’ union of nationwide provider Air India Tuesday issued a press release asking the airline’s administration to vaccinate all flying crew above 18 years of age on precedence. The pilot’s physique additionally warned of stopping the work if their demand isn’t met.
Captain T Praveen Keerthi, common secretary of Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), raised the difficulty with Air India Director Captain R S Sandhu, claiming that the administration has left the flying crew “vulnerable”.
“It is disheartening to witness the top management make a mockery of pilots discharging their duties in a risky environment. We were hoping that Air India will not let down the crew and their families who stand by the nation during this pandemic, but the management never ceases to surprise us,” the assertion learn.

“We feel let down by the self-serving approach of the management, which sees no injustice in organising vaccine camps at few bases but excludes pilots. The employees who are doing desk jobs and the majority opting to work from home are allowed to get vaccinated, leaving the flying crew vulnerable,” it added.
Keerthi claimed that many crew members have examined constructive for Covid-19 and are struggling to get hospital beds and oxygen cylinders. He accused the administration of “providing lip service” and “playing to the gallery by issuing circulars and letters with no outcome”.

Keerthi additionally claimed that they don’t have any healthcare help and no insurance coverage and they’re in “no position” to proceed risking the lives of pilots. “If Air India fails to set up vaccination camps on a Pan India basis for the flying crew above the age of 18 years on priority, we will STOP WORK,” the assertion learn.
Last month, the nationwide provider had determined to arrange a mass vaccination camp for its staff aged 45 years or above on precedence, information company ANI had reported.