Pilots drag DGCA to court on notice period issue; call it forced labour

Move follows DGCA's proposal to raise notice period from six months to a year

Under current norms pilots are required to give six months notice before changing an airline, DGCA proposed to change it to 1 year. Photo: Shutterstock

Pilots’ unions have moved the Bombay High Court against the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA’s) draft proposal to increase notice period, from six months to a year.

The petition, filed jointly by Indian Pilots Guild and National Aviators Guild, was mentioned in the court on Tuesday and will come for hearing next Tuesday.

The legal action comes within days of a spat