Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has reprimanded Kenya Airways and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen for their comments about the present dispute.
KQ CEO Allan Kilavuka gave the pilots 24 hours, beginning at 11:30 a.m, to report back to work or risk losing their jobs on Saturday.
He claimed that the pilots association's executive council members have phoned in ill in order to protect themselves while their members are on strike.
Murkomen went on to call the KQ pilots' strike unjustified "sabotage" of the economy.
The CS claimed that the strike was timed to "test the new administration" in his speech on Saturday after visiting the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to examine its effects.
Sifuna, however, disagreed with the CS's assertions and insisted that discussion was the best course of action.
"As a member Senate Transport Committee and being one of the affected passengers, I disagree strongly with the tone adopted by CS Murkomen and the KQ Management on this matter of KQ Pilots," he said.
The lawmaker stated that threats never work in terms of solving problems and urged the CS and KQ management to engage with its people.
"Threats never work. Talk to the pilots, engage people. It's a test for us, not you bwana," Sifuna added.
In a statement, Kalpa says the onus to end the stalemate rests with KQ management.
"Kalpa is willing to listen to proposals in genuine negotiations," the lobby's secretary general Muriithi Nyagah says in a statement released Saturday.
The airline is likely to lose close to Sh300 million every day if the strike persists.
At least 10,000 passengers have been affected as 400 Kenya Airways pilots go on strike paralyzing operations of Kenya's national flag carrier.
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