Page 10 - Pilots

China denies online rumours' blaming co-pilot for plane crash killing 132

The cause of China's recent passenger plane crash which killed 132 people remains under investigation, a Chinese aviation official has said

IndiGo suspends 5 pilots for protesting pay cuts, may act against 15 more

A group of IndiGo pilots are trying to report sick on Tuesday protesting, delay of restoration of salary cuts

IndiGo partially restores salaries of pilots

In a letter to pilots, Ashim Mitra, senior vice president of operations announced an upward revision of 8 per cent in salaries of all pilots with effect from April 1

Downers in aviation drug test protocols: Pilots oppose new narco rules

Surprisingly, the DGCA has mandated that only 10 per cent of an airline's staff need to be checked for psychoactive substance use in a year

Air India pilots warn legal action on dues two days before Tata handover

The development comes two days before the handover of the airline to Tata group

From Pilots, doctor to physicist, cyclist: NASA selects 10 new astronauts

NASA selected 10 new astronauts, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars.

COO Captain Rohaneet Singh Raina shares his inspiring tale in the aviation industry

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DGCA to hold 'on demand' licence exams for pilots and engineers

Currently, the civil aviation regulator conducts examinations four times a year and issues licences to successful candidates

DGCA to conduct on-demand license exams for pilots, aircraft engineers

Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct on-demand online exams to grant licenses to pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers from the next month onwards, the regulator said in a statement on Wednesday. The Online On-Demand Exam (OLODE) will be in addition to the existing regular online exams that are taken four times a year by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). "The first session of the monthly OLODE is initially planned at Delhi which will be extended to the metro cities subsequently," the DGCA said in the statement. During the first OLODE session, 720 seats for aircraft maintenance engineers and 1200 seats for pilots were being made available to the candidates on first-come-first-serve basis, it said. The candidates while applying for the OLODE could select date and time among the available slots of the examinations days to appear as per his or her choice, it said. The DGCA expressed hope that the introduction of OLODE will increase the frequency of the required ..

Covid impact: Out-of-practice airline pilots are making mid-air errors

Potentially disastrous errors all took place in the US in recent months as pilots returned to work

Kozhikode crash report: Grounded in anomalies, say serving pilots

Serving pilots have raised serious doubts about the veracity of the investigation report

Another crisis bugs aviation industry after Covid-19: a shortage of pilots

Many airlines are aggressively trying to rehire pilots as well as cabin crew and ground staff, but that's not been a simple process and some jobs are left unfilled

Vistara to absorb 70 AirAsia India trainee pilots grounded for a year

The transfer will enable pilots resume flying and help Vistara execute its growth plans

Resignation ends legal relation with pilots: Air India tells Delhi HC

Air India Thursday told the Delhi HC that once a pilot tenders resignation, the legal relationship of an employer-employee comes to an end with it and the resignation cannot be withdrawn subsequently

India requires nearly 1,000 pilots annually to meet traffic growth

New pilot training schools will come up at the Airports Authority of India (AAI)-run airports at Belagavi, Jalgaon, Kalaburagi, Khajurao, and Lilabari

World's grounded pilots swamp recruiters in desperate effort to get jobs

Job applications from down-on-their-luck aviators, from Brazil and Mexico to Canada and Europe, have jumped at least 30-fold: Analyst.

Aviation heavyweights fly to US grassroots air show to fill pilot shortage

For one week, the annual summer event becomes the world's busiest airspace with well over 100 takeoffs or landings every hour.

Cash-strapped airlines push for single pilot ops: It's a reckless idea

Booming demand for air travel comes up against shortage of aviators, forcing industry to cut corners.

Pilots' body moves Bombay HC; seeks compensation for Covid-19 death

An association of Indian pilots has approached the Bombay High Court seeking priority in vaccination against Covid and insurance coverage for those working during the pandemic

HC directs ATCs, 5% of pilots, cabin crew to undergo random breath test

The Delhi High Court directed that air traffic controllers (ATCs) and five per cent of pilots and cabin crew on duty would undergo random breath analyser (BA) tests for the next three months