Jet Airways pilot demand payment; Goyal bids for stake

Jet Airways pilots have called on the lenders’ consortium led by State Bank of India (SBI) to release Rs 1,500 crore promised to Jet Airways as part of the debt restructuring plan agreed last month. The pilots, represented by the National Aviator’s Guild, were planning on striking from today over protest of non-payment of salaries since December 2018, but instead have appealed to the banks and the prime minister to save the airline. “We would like to appeal SBI to release Rs 1,500 crore funds for the airline to help it continue operations. We also appeal Prime Minister Narendra Modi