After the deaths of 17 of its pilots, the Indian airlines pilots' body has demanded the frontline workers status for its members. The Federation of Indian Pilots has demanded all the Covid-related benefits that come with the tag. The benefits include priority vaccination, insurance coverage, and compensation.
The body has filed a plea in the Bombay High Court seeking the creation of a separate category, "Air Transportation Workers", under the 'frontline worker' tag.
The body has 5,619 members working for airlines such as Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo, Reliance Commercial, Go Air, and Vistara.
The pilots now want the government to define air insurance payable to those operating scheduled and non-scheduled Vande Bharat flights.