What a bizarre situation!!! Naresh Goyal, the CEO of Jet Airways in an interview to the Times of India says "...This airline has set a global standards and done India proud. For me, the country comes first, then the company and then individuals...". Such statements are considered normal and certainly unquestionable. However we tend to forget that in a welfare state(which India claims to be one), the state exists for the welfare of the people and not vice versa.
Instead of invoking the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA), the government needs to intervene for a just cause of pilots for formation of an Union. In the name of "discipline" the company is stopping the employees from exercising its basic right. It is a right of any employee to be a part of an union. Instead, the civil aviation ministry and the labour ministry are throwing the ball at each other. The ministry of labour must intervene and help the pilots to unionise.
Whenever such incidents happen the excuse that the company and the state gives is that it causes inconvenience to customers. However this is an easy way to get the public opinion against the right cause. The media too plays a partner in crime by only reporting the inconvenience caused to the customers, but the history of what led to the inconvenience is completely ignored. This gives a lopsided view of the issue. Finally the ones portrayed as villains are only the protesters, be it the pilots or the doctors or the teachers!!!
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