On Tuesday the 17th, Air India pilots staged a silent protest march… demanding back wages they’re owed.

[Abu Ansari, Indian Commercial Pilots Assoc.]:
"Last 4-5 months we have had almost 30-40 meetings with the management on turnaround. Nothing comes out of these turnaround meetings, they are juts a farce… I want to highlight one point; we are not paid regularly for the last 3-4 months.”

The pilot's association has threatened to go on strike on November 24 if their salaries and flying allowances of the past two months are not paid to them.

The airline declared a loss of billion dollars in March 2009.

In September, around 400 Air India executive pilots went on mass sick leave for four days to protest pay cuts. Two hundred flights were cancelled and the airline lost a lot of money.

India's federal civil aviation minister recently announced that ailing state-run carrier Air India would receive government funds by December.