Crisis-hit Go First makes an attempt to retain pilots with extra cash, this is what it is providing

Battling to remain afloat, the Go First Airlines is trying to retain its flying crew whereas it steers by insolvency proceedings. Pilots who’re on the payrolls of Go First however need to transfer to a different airline amid unsure future are being supplied as much as Rs 1 lakh monthly additional to remain.

First reported by Bloomberg based mostly on an e-mail it has seen, Go First is providing captains Rs 1 lakh a month and first officers Rs 50,000 a month to stay with the presently grounded airline. Go First is reportedly calling the additional cash it’s providing as “retention allowance”. The airline has despatched a mail to its pilots about this, it was reported.

The providing can also be being made by Go First to pilots who’ve already submitted their resignations however can be prepared to take them again by June 15 and keep onboard. Go First is reportedly additionally providing a long life bonus to workers serving for a very long time.

Go First has additionally instructed its crew within the mail that it wouldn’t be lengthy earlier than it’s again within the skies if issues go in keeping with its progress plans, it was additional reported. A captain with Go First on common will get a wage of round Rs 5.3 lakh month-to-month, the report added. All Go First flights presently stay canceled until May 30.