The Maldivian minister's remarks came days after India completed the withdrawal of 76 military personnel from the archipelago nation. His remarks came as a surprise as officials from the current administration previously claimed that there were capable pilots in the military.
On Tuesday (April 2), the Directorate General of Civil Aviation asked Vistara Airlines to submit daily reports about flight operations and follow the Civil Aviation Regulations.
The full-service carrier has been grappling with the issue of first officers of its A320 fleet reporting sick in the last few weeks to protest against reduction in their emoluments due to new contracts, sources said.
The aircraft experienced a malfunction and caused a massive sound during the training session. Two trainee pilots were on board and they sustained minor injuries.
Copies of the letter, written by the pilots' unions, have been marked to Tata Group and Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Air India Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Klaus Goersch, and Chief of Flight Safety Rajeev Gupta, among others.
Airbus got orders for 750 aircraft last year, delivering 75 units to Indian carriers, including 41 to IndiGo, 19 to Air India, 14 to Vistara, and one to Go First, said Maillard.
India’s civil aviation regulator has come up with the draft because perfumes generally have a high alcohol content and can affect the breathalyzer test.
Go First had invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from potential buyers in July, but the deadline for submitting EOIs has been extended to September 8. This has further frustrated employees, who are worried about their future.
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has said that they are hiring 550 cabin crew members, 50 pilots every month and expects delivery of new aircraft by year end.
The company has also hiked the pilots' per-hour flying and flying allowance rates.
Air France pilot and co-pilot had a dispute shortly after takeoff and grabbed each other by their collars after one apparently hit the other, a report stated.
2 pilots and 2 cabin-crew members were also suspended for 3 years for failing pre-flight alcohol tests for second time, DGCA informed.
The DGCA's move comes after a 737-800 plane operated by China airline crashed in mountains in southern China killing 132 people on board last month.
Lately, domestic airlines have started to raise pilots' pay as passenger traffic inches closer to pre-Covid levels.
Three pilots were injured after an aircraft crashed in Gandhi Nagar Police Station limits of Bhopal. The injured have been shifted to hospital, Arun Sharma, SHO, Gandhi Nagar informed on Saturday.
Air crew will be monitored for 30 minutes after taking the shot at the COVID-19 vaccination centre itself for any anaphylactic and idiosyncratic reaction.
Women will be inducted as pilots in the Army Aviation Corps from next year, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Tuesday. Till now, women are only part of ground duties in the Army Aviation Corps.
Air India pilots have sought the intervention of the management on the issue of "illegal termination" of 50 pilots from service. In a letter to Rajiv Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India on Friday, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said around 50 pilots have received illegal termination letters from the Personnel Department in blatant violation of company's operation manual and service rules.
The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association on Thursday wrote to Air India CMD Rajiv Bansal and protested a proposal for 60 percent salary cuts.
The DGCA on Friday said it has suspended pilots of a Cessna plane, belonging to Taneja Aerospace that runs aircraft charter services for the corporate sector, for a period of one year for causing runway excursion at Nanded airport last year.
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