According to an internal letter, IndiGo announced on Monday that it will “rationalise” the pay of its aircraft maintenance specialists and eliminate “anomalies caused by the epidemic”.
Hyderabad and Delhi on Saturday and Sunday, a sizable proportion of the airline’s aircraft maintenance technicians took sick days in protest of their pay, according to sources.
On July 2, almost 55% of IndiGo’s domestic flights were delayed as a sizable portion of its cabin crew workers took sick leave, presumably to attend an Air India recruitment drive, according to reports.
When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its worst, IndiGo had drastically reduced the salaries of a significant portion of its staff.
S. C. Gupta, senior vice president of engineering for IndiGo, said in an email to mechanics on Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the aviation sector as a whole, including IndiGo, to experience an unparalleled period of difficulty over the past 30 months.
He said, "I am aware of some of your complaints regarding wage increases and I recognise that during the last two years we have not been able to update your compensation in line with historical levels.
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