Jet Airways pilots report for work

Pilots at Jet Airways resumed work ending a five-day stir shortly after a settlement with the management under which four sacked pilots were reinstated and a consultative group from the two sides is to be set up to resolve issues through continuous dialogue.

The air operations limped back to normalcy after about 100 of the nearly 500 pilots who went on a mass “sick leave” reported for duties across the country after a “amicable agreement” was announced in Mumbai following a marathon nine-hour meeting that ended at around 0230 HRS today.

Jet Chairman Naresh Goyal met over 170 pilots at a five-star hotel in a western suburb for about 45 minutes and said he was happy the “misunderstanding was over and the family was united.