New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines, Sanjay Agarwal, is expected to meet the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday.
According to television reports, the CEO was summoned by the DGCA after all of Kingfisher Airlines flights were cancelled on Monday after its pilots and engineers refused to report to work over non-payment of salaries since March this year.
Kingfisher Airlines was forced to declare a temporary lockout of its operations till October 4 on Monday evening.
The decision of the airlines came few hours after the Civil Aviation Minister, Ajit Singh warned that the company will not be allowed to fly if safety norms were flouted
Around 270 engineers went on a flash strike from Sunday evening protesting against non-payment of salaries. Employees of the debt-ridden airline have not been paid salaries since March this year.
In an email to company's employees on Monday, Agarwal said that the management will review the situation again on Thursday or whenever the employees end their strike.
"A partial lockout is declared with immediate effect in respect of the non-management employees belonging to the Engineering and Flight Operations departments. Management will review the situation on October 4 or the day on which this illegal strike is called off, whichever is earlier. Until such time the company is unable to operate flights," the email said.
The Kingfisher management, which has not paid salaries to most of its staff since March, had a meeting with employee representatives last week, but failed to give any firm assurance.
As per the norms of DGCA, an aircraft cannot take off unless its airworthiness is certified by the airline's engineers.
Kingfisher is saddled with huge debts and has grounded most of its fleet. (ANI)
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