DGCA cracks the whip: Four flight op inspectors sacked over IndiGo crisis

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sacked four flight operations inspectors (FOIs) responsible for keeping oversight of IndiGo’s operations that triggered cancellations of flights across airports.

 

FOIs are airline pilots who come to the DGCA on deputation for oversight duties but legally remain on the rolls of their parent carrier. Once their deputation ends or the airline seeks their return, the DGCA sends them back.

 

Meanwhile, in a post on X on Friday, the airline said it estimates that the compensation to customers whose flights were cancelled within 24 hours of departure time and/or to those severely stranded