Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Air India Express Airlines has sacked around 25 employees after they did not report to work on May 8. The abrupt mass sick leave at the last minute resulted in severe disruption to AI Express network as more than 90 flights were cancelled.
“Your act of reporting sick for work amounts to concerted action with a common understanding, to not operate the flight and to disrupt the services of the company. This is not only in violation of the applicable laws, but also violates the Air India Express Limited Employees’ service rules as are applicable to you,” the company wrote in the termination letter.
“You informed the scheduling team at the last moment that you were unwell and accordingly, reporting sick. It is noted that at or around the same time, an overwhelming number of other cabin crew members have also reported sick and have not reported for their duties. This clearly points to a pre-meditated and concerted abstention from work without any justifiable reason,” the letter added.
