- Air India drastically cuts employee allowances by up to 50 percent
- Employees who get up to 25 thousand rupees will not be cut in the salary
new Delhi. National Carrier Air India has drastically reduced allowances by up to 50 per cent, despite continued heavy opposition from employees. As per the official order, the move has been taken on the direction of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and approved by the Board of Directors of Air India Limited. The rationalization of allowances will be effective from April 1, 2020 and will remain in force until the Air India Board review. This has been done for all employees (AI Employees Salary Cut). This deduction is not just for the pilot and other flying staff. Salary and allowances (IDA, HRA and other basic pay related allowances) will remain unchanged.
Reduction in these allowances
The rate of deduction in allowances other than DPE allowances will be 40% of the allowance. This includes Flying Allowance, Executive Flying Allowance, Special Pay Wide Body Allowance, Domestic Layover Allowance, Check Allowance, Instructor Allowance, Examiner Allowance and Additional Landing Allowance.
The payment will be made in this way
Flying allowance will be paid by a pilot on the actual hours of flight in a month. However, in a particular case, all pilots available for flight are paid during the first quarter and second quarter of FY 2020-21 at the revised flight allowance rate for a flight of 20 hours a month or actual flight hours, whichever is higher. Will go.
The fixed rate
simulator will be paid at the revised rate of flight allowance for the training period. The rate of overtime of more than 70 hours in a month will be 125 times the revised rate of flight allowance. While the takeover allowance at centers outside India will be paid as per the notified government rates.
As per the
January 1, 2016 letter of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, other applicable conditions and penalties will remain unchanged. Salary and allowance for General Category Officers (Basic, IDA and HRA related to Basic Pay) will remain unchanged. However, other allowances will be reduced by up to 50 percent. For general category staff, allowances will be cut by 30 percent and for operators, the same will be cut. For permanent and contract cabin crew, allowances will be cut by 20 percent. All the above allowances will be paid at the reduced rate on the actual flight.
No deduction of Rs. 25,000 will be made for
all categories of employees including Flying Cabin Crew. Foreign Travel Allowance / Foreign Daily Allowance will be paid on the basis of notified official rates as per the order dated 21 September 2010 of the Ministry of External Affairs. The takeover allowance for the flight crew will also be revised accordingly. There will be no deduction in the salary of employees (both permanent and FTC) whose gross salary is up to Rs 25,000 per month.
