Mumbai, September 12
The five-day-old stir by Jet Airways pilots that severely crippled the carrier’s services neared an end tonight as the airline management and the agitators were understood to have worked out a settlement.

Indications of a resolution to the impasse between the two sides came after a marathon seven-hour meeting here during which it was agreed that the pilots sacked by the airline would be reinstated and the pilots would not challenge a review of registration of their union National Aviators Guild (NAG) by the Registrar of Trade Unions.

The agitation, which saw almost 400 pilots affiliated to NAG going on sick leave protesting dismissal of their colleagues and saw cancellation of 280 flights today, is expected to end soon with the pilots poised to resuming duty almost immediately.

Ahead of the meeting between the pilots and Jet management, the airline’s executive director Saroj Dutta addressed the pilots appealing to them to end their agitation. Today’s discussions came a day after the nine-hour long inconclusive conciliatory proceedings between the management and NAG before the Chief Labour Commissioner. — PTI