98% of pilots have signed new pay deal: Vistara CEO
NEW DELHI: Over 98% of Vistara's 1,000-odd pilots have signed a new pay agreement, CEO Vinod Kannan said Saturday even as discontent simmered over reduced remuneration and disruptions plagued the Tatas-owned airline ahead of its merger with Air India (AI) by the year-end."We are aware that some pilots have some concerns and queries regarding the contract.We are engaging with them to clarify and resolve the same. However, this has not caused any visible spike in attrition among the pilots," Kannan said.The CEO acknowledged recent disruptions from merger-related issues and apologised. "While we do have adequate crew for normal operations, we have been operating on a high utilisation. We were challenged due to operational disruption. We are addressing this on a war footing... continuing to h...