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Take Delhi posting if you want to fly wide-body: Air India to crew

In Air India, a pilot gets an average salary of Rs 750,000 per month whereas cabin crew receives around Rs 150,000

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Seeking to reduce cost amid cash crunch and mounting losses, government-run Air India has asked its qualified cabin crew from other bases to relocate either permanently or temporarily to New Delhi if they want to fly wide-body planes.

Air India has its bases across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad, among other cities.

“In order to reduce costs, increase revenue and optimise resources, a series of steps are being taken by the management to curtail expenditure. All possible measures are being taken to improve financial health of the company.

“Cabin crew of other bases qualified on B777/787 aircraft may request for permanent/temporary voluntary