Debt-strapped Kingfisher Airlines’ employees have decided not to resume work until the company pays their seven months’ salary. Kingfisher employees were gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for a protest on October 9, 2012. The management is of the view that flights will resume from October 13, however the employees are firm on their decision.
Employee’s claiming that while the Indian staff was unpaid for several months, those manning offices in London and Hong Kong were being paid as the law there is more stringent. On October 1st, the airline had declared a lock-out, after sections of staff, including engineers, went on strike. Initially, the lock-out was till October 4, but was later extended till October 12.
