{"id":21218,"date":"2022-06-06T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T09:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=21218"},"modified":"2022-06-06T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T09:35:19","slug":"spicejet-90-barred-pilots-to-receive-retraining-after-dgca-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/06\/spicejet-90-barred-pilots-to-receive-retraining-after-dgca-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"SpiceJet: 90 barred pilots to receive retraining after DGCA fine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SpiceJet told that it has 650 pilots trained on MAX aircraft and the<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Directorate_General_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\"> Directorate General of Civil Aviation<\/a> (DGCA) had an observation of the training profile followed by 90 pilots. As per the advice of DGCA, the company refused these 90 pilots from operating MAX aircraft, until these pilots undergo re-training.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-directorate-general-of-civil-aviation\"> <strong>Directorate General of Civil Aviation <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Indian low-cost airline\u00a0SpiceJet\u00a0on Monday gave a clarification concerning the Rs 10 lakh fine imposed on it by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Directorate_General_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) <\/a>on May 30.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15760\" width=\"948\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604.jpg 948w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/spicejet_660_120814111604-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><figcaption><strong>SpiceJet | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aviation regulator fined the carrier for training pilots on faulty simulators. The airline told that it has 650 pilots trained on\u00a0MAX aircraft\u00a0and the DGCA had an observation on the training profile followed by 90 pilots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dgca-these-90-pilots-shall-undergo-re-training\">DGCA these 90 pilots shall undergo re-training <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the guidance of DGCA, the company restricted these 90 pilots from working MAX\u00a0aircraft, until these pilots undergo re-training to the satisfaction of the aviation regulator, the carrier said in an exchange filing.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpiceJet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">SpiceJet <\/a>further told that this restriction does not affect the operations of MAX aircraft and the company has adequately trained pilots available for its operations. Basis the observation of DGCA these 90 pilots shall undergo re-training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read       <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/10\/wizz-air-intends-to-hire-20000-new-staff-including-6600-pilots-by-2030\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Wizz Air intends to hire 20,000 new staff, including 6,600 pilots, by 2030<\/a>                       <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/emirates-group-declares-a-significantly-lower-usd-1-1-billion-annual-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Emirates group declares a \u2018significantly\u2019 lower USD 1.1 billion annual loss<\/a>                         <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/04\/russias-aeroflot-suspends-all-commercial-flights-to-colombo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Russia\u2019s Aeroflot suspends all commercial  flights to Colombo<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dgca-imposed-a-rs-10-lakh-monetary-fine\">DGCA imposed a Rs 10 lakh monetary\u00a0fine  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>This comes a week after DGCA imposed a Rs 10 lakh monetary\u00a0fine on SpiceJet\u00a0for training 737 Max aircraft pilots on the faulty simulator.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aviation regulator had earlier barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from flying B737 Max aircraft after it was discovered that they were not properly trained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These pilots were requested to be retrained. After barring the pilots, the regulator gave a show-cause notice to the airline for training its\u00a0Boeing\u00a0737 Max aircraft&#8217;s pilots on a faulty simulator as it could have adversely affected flight safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/international-flight-today-india-news-spicejet.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>SpiceJet | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It should be said here that this happened within eight months of the DGCA lifting a ban on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. While it was grounded worldwide from March 2019 to December 2020 following two crashes \u2014 in Indonesia and Ethiopia \u2014 killing 346, DGCA lifted the prohibition much later in August last year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join our Telegram group for the latest updates<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpiceJet told that it has 650 pilots trained on MAX aircraft and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had an observation of the training profile followed by 90 pilots. 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