For roughly 40 per cent employees of the troubled Jet Airways who are married to each other, the airline-s current crisis has dealt a blow to both incomes coming into their homes. From enjoying a stable, comfortable life, several are now struggling to make ends meet, falling back on housing loans and even the school fees of their children because they haven-t been paid their salaries for months.

Among the 40 per cent of married couples - a statistic claimed by several employees - is Sushma Shetty, 33, a customer service supervisor who met her husband Pushkar Bhavsar, a member of the cabin crew, on the job. Far from enjoying the married life they had hoped for, the couple has not been able to pay the EMIs on the loan they took together for their Powai home.