This story is from February 5, 2013

Kingfisher Airlines staff to move court for wind-up, salary dues

The employees of grounded Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) on Monday decided to move court for winding up the nearly bankrupt company to recover their salary dues.
Kingfisher Airlines staff to move court for wind-up, salary dues
NEW DELHI: The employees of grounded Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) on Monday decided to move court for winding up the nearly bankrupt company to recover their salary dues. While they plan to move court as soon as Wednesday, some staffers are also planning to hold agitation at the upcoming IPL matches where KFA promoter Vijay Mallya’s Bangalore team plays.
Late last year a similar threat by employees to agitate at the Greater Noida F1 track where Mallya was supposed to be for his team had led to a promise from the management to pay three months’ pay, out of which salary of two months were paid.
This time, however, employees are not issuing this threat to strike a bargain.
“All section of employees met at IGI Airport’s terminal 2 on Monday to decide the future course of action. The meeting was held there as many employees have not got the airport entry pass now. The management has gone silent and there is just no word on what they plan to do for clearing our dues,” said a senior employees, who is spearheading the agitation now.
A section of former pilots has already started the winding up proceedings against the company. The Delhi-based engineers had also decided to adopt a similar course of action. “But now we are joined by several other sections of employees and they too want to file this petition with us now,” said the employee.
KFA faces a combined debt-cum-losses of over Rs 16,000 crore and has not operated a single flight since October 1.
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