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NEW DELHI: Vinod Kannan, the CEO of Vistara Airlines told employees that it will revise crew rosters and reduce flights to avoid flight disruption due to a shortage of pilots, two people familiar with the discussions said.
Vistara, owned by the Tata group and Singapore Airlines, has cancelled more than 125 flights since April 1.
Some of the pilots who went on leave were protesting against a downwards revision to pay ahead of a merger with Tata-owned Air India later this year, amid growing fatigue due to a busy schedule, according to two Vistara pilots.
However, Vinod Kannan said the shortage was mainly triggered by many pilots having reached their flight duty time limit, and not just because of the high amount of sick leave, the two sources said.
