The pilot troubles at Kingfisher Airlines and national carrier Air India have spread to Jet Airways, the country's largest private airline, with pilots sporting black bands on Wednesday in protest against delayed salary payments.
Seeking to defuse the situation, Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal on Thursday met representatives of the pilots at his Altamount Road residence in Mumbai and requested them to end their protest.
Pilots emerging from the meeting said they will decide on further action after a conference call today in which they will attempt to reach a consensus between themselves.
Goyal reportedly told them that the airline is facing a ''paucity of funds'', and the pilots should look on themselves as part of a big family instead of confronting the management; but the pilots were not convinced. They pointed to the airline's market share, increasing load factor and investment in fleet expansion to show it had enough funds.
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