Jet returns to full schedule following pilot sickout

Jet Airways' pilots ended a five-day sickout over the weekend after the airline agreed to reinstate pilots it had fired.

About half of the carrier's 760 pilots called in sick Sept. 8-12, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights (ATWOnline, Sept. 11). The airline said in a statement that an agreement reached with the National Aviators Guild union after two days of talks was "amicable."

Reports from India last week indicated that NAG was demanding the reinstatement of two pilots; under the agreement reached Saturday, four were given their jobs back. Jet said the accord allows "the airline [to] operate [a] full schedule of services on all sectors with all crew reporting for their normal rostered duties."