New Delhi/Mumbai: Jet Airways pilots' strike entered the third day on Thursday.
Passengers across the country continue to face a harrowing time as nearly 200 flights have been cancelled on Thursday.
While pilots have indicatated that they would continue with their strike to protest the sacking of two fo their colleague, the management is also not ready to bow to pilots' blackmail.
The pilots also emphasised that their trade union rigjhts cannot be curtailed.
The two parties are likely to meet the Labour commissioner in Mumbai where a case relating to sacking of the two senior pilots is pending.
A spokesperson of the airlines said it has cancelled 163 domestic and 35 international flights as 400 of its over 1000 pilots did not report for duty.
Joint General Secretary of National Aviators Guild, Capt Sam Thomas , claimed that overall 500 pilots have reported sick.
"There are no talks so far. We have not got any invite from the management side showing their willingness to talk to us," he said.
Jet cancelled 21 international flights operating on South East Asia sector to Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The airlines services to Gulf countries, the US and Europe, to which flights were operated yesterday, were also badly affected. Jet has also cancelled its flight to Dubai, Muscat, Kuwait, US and Europe, airport sources said.
In Delhi, about 15 flights remained cancelled.
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