The Ministry of Civil Aviation will review Air India’s need for pilots next week.
The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Ajit Singh, has asked the airline to update the Ministry on how many pilots they would require, both in the near as well as long term, official sources said.
“The Government is keen to find out how many pilots of the erstwhile Indian (Airlines) will be flying the Boeing 787 aircraft and whether the vacancy created by flying these big jets will be filled by other pilots in the airline, or hired Indian or expatriate pilots. All these issues are likely to be flagged at the review meeting,” a senior Government official said.
Three planes — of the 27 Boeing 787 aircraft that the airline had ordered — are expected to join its fleet by mid-August. The induction of the aircraft, which has been delayed by over four years, is expected soon after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gives it nod to the compensation that Air India is seeking from Boeing for delayed deliveries. The compensation package has already been approved by a Group of Ministers headed by the Home Minister, Mr P Chidambaram.
The airline plans to utilise the Boeing 787 aircraft to expand its international operations. For the first eight weeks after its arrival, the Boeing 787 aircraft will be utilised on domestic routes. But, from October end, the airline plans to utilise the Boeing 787 to launch a daily flight on the Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney sector.
This will be a new route for Air India. The airline also plans to use the aircraft to launch a daily flight to Kuala Lumpur.
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Comments:
Air india gave 80Hrs fixed money to its 35Hr flying pilot all through.
during strike period executive pilots flew about 65Hrs. Govt
stipulates max of 125 Hrs per month. Indian airlines part has an
average flying of 50Hrs , but management give them 72 Hrs fixed money
for flying at time as low as 10Hrs. Alliance air has average flying of
30Hrs on CRJ, yet they employed excess of pilots . India gets screwed
by mafias . Good Samaritans get nothing but harassment by these
nincompoops. Corrupt vastav, keepa banmannoosh , and lickash thandary
only know to put airline in such quandary .
Resources like pilots and simulators are expensive . only fools and
idiots will waste them. Excess/surplus hours from 35 to 80hrs can be
leased to needy airline for earning similarly excess simulator hours
can be sold since these are perishable paid hours . Editor if you are
son of your father , investigate/expose the executives of air india so
that yesterdays clerk/steno turned director are thrown out
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