Air India searches high and low for qualified pilots in vain
Posted on 11th March 2015 |
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State-owned carrier Air India (AI), which began its recruitment process recently, is finding it hard to get the right kind of candidates, compelling it to re-advertise its requirement for 197 commander and senior trainee pilots. A spokesperson of the national flag carrier said there were just not enough qualified candidates available in the market. |
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Don't operate flights with contract pilots, Air India union tells members
Posted on 3rd March 2015 |
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The union of Air India pilots, Indian Commercial Pilots Association, has directed its members not to operate flights with commanders which the airline proposes to hire on contract. The Association, which represents pilots on narrow body Airbus A320 fleet has also asked the management to withdraw the recruitment advertisement. Last week, the airline had announced it would hire 197 pilots including commanders and senior trainee pilots for its Airbus A320 fleet. |
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Don't operate flights with contract pilots, Air India union tells members
Posted on 2nd March 2015 |
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An Air India pilots union has directed its members not to operate flights with commanders which the airline proposes to hire on contract. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association which represents pilots on narrow body Airbus A320 fleet also has asked the management to withdraw the recruitment advertisement. Last week the airline announced it will hire 197 pilots including commanders and senior trainee pilots for its Airbus A320 fleet. |
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Air India to hire 200 pilots as shortage leads to delays
Posted on 30th November -0001 |
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Air India (AI) is hiring nearly 200 pilots for its Airbus A320 planes, to meet a shortage caused by resignations, transfer of pilots to Boeing 787s and delays in training junior pilots for the rank of commander. Government-owned AI has 60 Airbus A320 aircraft in various configurations and deploys these on the domestic network. A shortage of pilots and cabin crew is one reason for flight delays, the carrier's on-time performance being the lowest among its peers. |
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Govt plans to set up expert panel to improve Air India’s performance
Posted on 25th February 2015 |
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The government plans to set up an expert panel to find ways to improve Air India’s performance but presently no proposal is being considered for its privatisation, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati said today. “Setting up of an expert committee to suggest ways to further improve the performance of Air India is under consideration,” he said. |
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Air India takes refuge under a Directorate General of Civil Aviation provision to meet crew shortage
Posted on 18th February 2015 |
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Air India is alleged to have been “compromising” with flight safety norms by using a DGCA waiver on minimum cabin crew requirement on some of its long haul flights, a charge denied by the national carrier. Air India, which is facing acute shortage of cabin crew, declares one door ‘unserviceable’ on some of its long-haul flights, which lowers the crew requirement. And it happens mainly on flights to New York and Chicago, where it operates most of its flights with 11 crew as against a requirement of 14, crew members, who requested anonymity, said here. |
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Air India finally gives ground duty option to pregnant crew member
Posted on 14th February 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: It took a crippling cabin crew shortage for Air India to realize the extent to which it has been underutilizing its precious human resource. Aviation safety rules stipulate that an airhostess pilot must stop flying as soon as she reports to the airline that she is pregnant. While all private airlines give women flight crew the option of shifting to ground duties, AI has all along been sending them on long maternity leave as soon as they report pregnancy. |
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‘Air India crew exiting without customs check pose security risk’
Posted on 12th February 2015 |
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Pilots and cabin crew members of Air India are posing “significant security risk” by exiting the Mumbai Airport without customs check, the national carrier has been told by the Customs Department after two of its employees were allegedly caught smuggling gold. Officials recently caught two Air India crew members while they were allegedly smuggling three kgs of gold worth over Rs 78 lakh on a domestic flight, the department has informed the airline. |
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Air India reports strong performance in Jan 2015
Posted on 9th February 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: An over 16 percent growth in its passenger traffic helped national carrier Air India improve its ticket revenue by 8.4 per cent, which stood at Rs 1,500 crore in January over the period last year, an airline official said today. Meanwhile, the carrier has also lined up sumptuous Indian cuisines, named after popular cricketers, to cater to its passengers on its flights to Australia for ICC World Cup there. |
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Air India pilots question govt move to cut salary for flight delay
Posted on 7th February 2015 |
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Air India pilots have questioned the government’s move to penalise airline’s employees for any flight delay by way of cutting salary and said it will create an “unsafe” environment in the carrier. “This futile exercise is going to be detrimental to flight safety as employees directly involved with the departure of a flight will try to cut corners in the safety practices in order to avoid delays,” said Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) in a letter to the management. |
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