MUMBAI: Air India cancelled at least 41 of its international flights on the seventh day of the pilots' strike leaving at least 12,000 passengers stranded at different airports in the country.And with both the pilots and the management refusing to budge, an immediate resolution also looks somewhat remote. The pilots, who have been on strike since Tuesday, refused to relent to civil aviation minister Ajit Singh 's call for withdrawing their agitation before coming to the dialogue table.The pilots have been demanding an assurance of equal opportunities of career progression, post the Dreamliner training row (the pilots of both Air India and Indian Airlines agreed on 1:1 ratio for training).The striking pilots union - the Indian Pilots' Guild - is now trying to initiate talks with both the government and the management, and some pilots who visited the ministry offices and residence of the aviation minster on Monday, said they submitted some documents to the authorities.Though Air India has not issued any statement on the status of the strike till Monday evening, it said the carrier has a contingency plan to wet lease some aircraft and put passengers on certain flights that it is merging to some destinations like Paris, Frankfurt, etc.The minister, on his part, once gain told the pilots to end the stir before any possibility of talks can be explored. Meanwhile, Air India executive pilots, who are trying to operate a severely curtailed schedule, said the demands of the IPG pilots are justified and they extended their support to them. The Delhi high court has already declared the strike illegal.