Etihad Airways promises red carpet welcome to Air India pilots with double salaries and perks
Mumbai: Air India Boeing 777 pilots are most happy with the Jet-Etihad deal. For, they are suddenly in demand.
Last week, Etihad Airways emailed Air India pilots individually, promising them a red-carpet welcome with tempting salaries and compensations that are hard to refuse. AI pilots who have been complaining of salary cuts for the past year or so are more than glad to accept the offer.
“Etihad Airways invited us through personalised emails. The vacancies are for Indian pilot licence holders with experience of flying Boeing 777 aircraft,†a senior AI pilot said.
Only Air India and Jet Airways so far operate Boeing 777 aircraft in the country. At least 10 AI pilots have confirmed that they would join the Etihad Airways. They will be based in Abu Dhabi.
Etihad airways needs 50-70 pilots for ultra-long haul flights, specially to the US, Canada and other places as it will be adding over seven Boeing 777 aircraft by April next year.
Etihad has offered a monthly compensation of nearly Rs10 lakh (tax free) to a commander level pilot. In Air India, the package is Rs5 lakh (taxable).
04/12/13 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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