the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which is responsible for regulating civil aviation in India, imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Air India due to its failure to adequately address the “safety-sensitive issue” of a pilot allowing a female friend into the cockpit during a Delhi-Dubai flight on February 27.
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The demand for aviation technicians is very high even though there is a severe pilot shortage in the nation. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in DeLand employs Charles Horning as a professor. According to him, these mechanics are seriously lacking.
The union representing Southwest Pilots recently announced that their strike authorization vote was approved. However, Southwest Airlines released a statement clarifying that their Pilots are not on strike, and the vote has no impact on their operations.
According to defense sources, an Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashed on Monday in the Hamumangarh district of Rajasthan, but the pilot has been reported as safe. Sources added that the army’s helicopter has arrived at the scene to conduct rescue operations.
India’s youngest and Greenest carrier, Akasa Air (QP), is hiring pilots to boost its operation. The move came amid the Go First Airline crisis. Furthermore, Tata-owned FSC Air India, Vistara, and India’s largest carrier IndiGo started hiring at a mass level.
Tata Air India has posted a hiring schedule for Pilots after Go First cancels flights till May 9 and maybe till May 15. The airline has shared the schedule on its social media pages.
In response to a recent safety violation by one of its pilots who allowed a female friend into the cockpit, Air India has instructed its pilots to maintain “sterile” cockpits.
Vanessa Hudson is the next CEO and Managing Director of Qantas (QF), and they announced their plan to offer 50 scholarships to females.
Air India’s ongoing dispute with its pilots is set to continue, as the airline has sent a sternly worded email threatening disciplinary and financial penalties if pilots fail to renew their licenses
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson, a significant no of pilots have agreed to recently proposed compensation despite protests from pilot unions