Tag: Pilots

Technician killed, pilots injured in Army copter crash near Kishtwar

The pilots were reported safe but the technician, Pabbala Anil, who sustained critical injuries in the incident, succumbed to the wounds.

May 4, 2023

Air India urination case: DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh penalty on AI, suspends pilot’s licence for 3 months

 Taking note of the Air India urination case, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has imposed a financial penalty of Rs 30 lakh on the airline, DGCA officials said on Friday.

January 20, 2023

Pilots’ federation rejects claims of ‘Runway 34’ being based on true events

Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh and Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Runway 34' is getting a good response from the audience. The film is claimed to be based on a real-life incident. But the federation said that it is not aware of the reality portrayed in the film.

May 3, 2022

Flying fears

With an analytics company reporting that almost a third of the world’s passenger jets are parked around the world, and with airlines grounding more planes due to a lack of demand, pilots are bound to get rusty.

December 2, 2020

‘Violation of comic proportion’: Pilots Association as Air India sacks 50 pilots overnight, some even flying

The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), in a letter to Rajiv Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India on Friday, said that around 50 pilots have received illegal termination letters from the Personnel Department in blatant violation of company's operation manual and service rules.

August 15, 2020

Air India extends contentious LWP scheme’s deadline to September-end

The scheme was circulated on July 14 and the pilots have been protesting that it "confers disproportionate powers" on the Chairman and Managing Director to pass an order requiring an employee to go on a compulsory leave without pay for a period of six months or for two years, and extendable upto five years.

August 14, 2020

SpiceJet to only pay cargo flight pilots for hours-flown; no salaries for April, May

The aviation consultancy firm CAPA, in its note in March had said, 'by the end of May-2020, most airlines in the world will be bankrupt. Coordinated government and industry action is needed – now – if catastrophe is to be avoided.'

April 29, 2020

Two killed as Indian Army chopper crashes in Bhutan

After the ground search, the wreckage has been located and rescue operation is going on.

September 27, 2019

DGCA suspends two Pawan Hans pilots for faulty landing

During the landing at Guwahati airport, the pilots landed the Dauphin SA 365 N3 helicopter without extending the landing gear, causing damage to the belly of the helicopter.

September 19, 2019

Govt orders probe into defunct Jet Airways over ‘fund diversion, irregularities’

The cash-strapped company became the first domestic airliner to go into bankruptcy after the NCLT admitted an insolvency petition filed by SBI on behalf of 26 lenders on June 20.

July 5, 2019

2 pilots killed in Vietnam military plane crash

At least 14 people were reported killed in military crashes in 2016.

June 14, 2019

Amid crisis, Jet Airways Deputy CEO Amit Agrawal quits, cites personal reasons

The exit comes days after the airline's top executive Gaurang Shetty, considered close to founder Naresh Goyal, resigned from the board of directors.

May 14, 2019

Jet Airways pilots put a face to airline crisis through #WingsClipped series

Through the series, the employees have expressed that their wings have been clipped even after putting in years of labour for the Jet Airways.

May 1, 2019

‘No clarity on funds’: Jet Airways CEO hints at no salary till stake sale process is over

Jet Airways pilots had appealed to the State Bank of India (SBI) to release Rs 1,500 crore for cash-strapped airline’s survival but the request was refused.

April 27, 2019

DGCA asks Jet Airways to submit ‘concrete, credible revival plan’ to restart operations

The development comes a day after Jet Airways announced to temporarily suspend all flight operations from Wednesday after it failed to get an emergency funding.

April 18, 2019

Hours after refusing funds, Jet Airways lenders ‘reasonably hopeful’ of successful bids

Jet Airways’ founder chairman Naresh Goyal has already withdrawn from making a bid for a stake in the company.

April 18, 2019

Jet Airways crisis: Govt directs Aviation Secretary to review high fares, passenger rights

This comes a day after Jet Airways pilots appealed to the SBI to release Rs 1,500 crore and also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help save 20,000 jobs.

April 16, 2019