Cockpit and cabin crew suffer as fresh Covid wave hits air travel

Aviation jobs were scarce even before the Covid-19 pandemic arrived on Indian shores in early 2020. The situation has been exacerbated since

Tejas Dodia, a senior cabin crew member with Jet Airways, was one of the thousands of employees who lost their job after the airline was grounded in April 2019. He began applying for cabin crew positions but found none. At Air India, for instance, the cut-off age (35) for cabin crew rendered Dodia, 36, ineligible. Frustrated at sitting at home for months despite his work experience, he turned an entrepreneur. He now runs “Rasoighar”, cooking and delivering home food.
 
Dodia is not alone in flying out of the aviation business altogether. There were nearly 4,000 cabin crew with Jet