Five days after pilots called off their strike,
Air India management has finally reinstated its
15 pilots who were suspended or sacked for participating in the 10-day long stir.
Air India management had suspended six and terminated the services of nine pilots, including the leaders of pilot's body - the Indian Commercial Pilot's Association (ICPA) and executive pilots - for spearheading the indefinite strike.
Seeing no action on reinstatement of pilots by the management, ICPA General Secretary Rishbah Kapur had on Wednesday written to Civil Aviation Minister Valayar Ravi seeking his intervention on the issue.
"We have revoked the suspension of six pilots and reinstated the services of nine terminated pilots last evening and some of them have been even put on duty also," an Air India official said on Thursday.
When asked about the five-day delay, he said various procedures have to be followed before reinstating a terminated pilot.
File picture of the protesting pilots 
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