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Jet Airways saw a really bad day as 400 pilots of Jet Airways proceeded on a mass sick leave Tuesday morning, resulting in cancellations of over 100 flights, inconvenience to thousands of passengers and chaos at several airports across the country. Flights out of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai bore the brunt of this mass leave, as per reports from these centres. Several international flights also had to be cancelled.

The airline operates 380 flights daily to 63 destinations in India and overseas. The newly formed National Aviators Guild, a union of some Jet Airways pilots, has called the strike. They are protesting the sacking of two of their colleagues earlier this month. The airline has declined to recognise this union.

In November 08, Air France Pilots began a four day strike in a protest against proposed retirement age reforms. Air France cut two-fifths of long-haul flights and half its other services, causing severe airport disruption. The strike cost the airline 100 million euros ($125 million).

A pilots' strike grounded almost all of Royal Air Maroc's 33-jet fleet on Sept 4th 2009. The strike had paralysed almost all the fleet of the airline as 96 percent of the pilots walked out.

Pilots for an American cargo airline are kicking up a stink over a lack of toilets on the planes they fly. They are angry at Amerijet's decision to remove the bathrooms from Boeing 727s to save weight. The airline is providing disposable bags for the fliers to relieve themselves in.

Air Berlin PLC had a one-day strike by some of its pilots caused it to cancel several German domestic flights.

So I guess the pilot strikes are becoming more common now a days..