Air India pilots call off strike, report to duty

New Delhi, May 6 (IBNS)?Air India pilots on a warpath with the management over pay hike and parity Friday night called off their 10-day-long strike. They report back to duty from 10 pm.?

The pilots withdrew their stir after the management decided to reinstate the terminated pilots and revoke the de-recognition of ?Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), the union of the pilots.??

The management also agreed to accept their demands for pay hike and pay parity and said?the Dharmadhikari Committee which look into it. ?
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The Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday earlier held a third round of talks with striking Air India pilots over ending the deadlock as soon as possible as the strike crippled operations and inconvenienced flyers.?

According to sources, the Prime Minister?s Office (PMO) had asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to chalk out the negotiations urgently.?

The main point of negotiation that came up at Friday?s meeting was ?fixed flying hours allowance?.?
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