23 Air India Dreamliner commanders decide to quit over pay disparityTwenty-three senior most Air India (AI) commanders have sought no objection certificates from the airline to quit
20 Jun, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
Discontent over salary and designations causing cockpit fightsThe most sensational charge came from a commander this month, who accused his co-pilot of engaging in an intimate encounter on a long-haul ...
26 Oct, 2014, 10.50 AM IST
IC 814 captain, 24 others take Air India to Delhi High Court over pay disparityCaptain Sharan and 25 colleagues have taken the airline to court for paying different salaries to people doing the same job.
11 Sep, 2014, 12.21 PM IST
Air India pilots seek salary arrearsThe Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), union of erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots, held an emergency meeting last week to discuss ...
15 Apr, 2014, 02.19 PM IST
Peeved Air India pilots make a beeline for Etihad Airways jobEtihad Airways held a road show to hire Airbus A-320 pilots in Gurgaon, and over 200 of the 300 Delhi-based AI pilots attended the event wi...
01 Apr, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
Air India sees exit and return of pilotsThe airline has now formulated a policy for accepting pilots back as a full scale poaching war has been unleashed by Gulf carriers.
27 Mar, 2014, 12.51 PM IST
Gulf beckons desi pilots with mega dollarsThe biggest threat of poaching is from Gulf carriers as they expand their fleets at rapid pace and are offering almost double the salary th...
02 Jan, 2014, 12.22 PM IST
Air India-Indian Airlines feud hits Boeing 787 Dreamliner trainingIA pilots have so far refused to be trained for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner by AI instructor-examiners and were being taught by Boeing's own ...
23 Nov, 2012, 05.10 AM IST
- Pilots' strike: Government threatens to shut Air India international flights
Govt has warned that it will shut international flights of the AI if the airlines pilots strike snowballs and will take strict action again...
08 May, 2012, 11.27 AM IST
- Dreamliner to AI? Pilots slug it out over flying it
Pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India, who till now were bitterly divided on the issue of pay parity, are now engaged in an...
06 Sep, 2011, 10.34 AM IST
- Pilot training and air safety
A few examples of flagrant violations are worth citing. A senior IA pilot disregarded a warning from Delhi airport about deteriorating weat...
08 May, 2011, 12.39 AM IST
- Indian Airlines pilots want pay parity with Air India
But the transition is unlikely to be a smooth onelike the IA-AI merger, with pilots of the erstwhile IA are threatening to take “any action...
25 Jan, 2011, 05.34 AM IST
- Desi-videshi row may ground Air India
Pilots of erstwhile Indian Airlines have threatened to go on strike if expats get paid in full again, before the desis get their flying all...
28 Oct, 2009, 04.44 AM IST
Ministry nixes lockout option for Air India managementDomestic air travellers came within a whisker of their travel plans going completely awry this festive season on Monday.
29 Sep, 2009, 07.09 AM IST
'Sick' Air India pilots may spoil festive travelPassengers booked to fly Air India (domestic) this extended festive weekend should keep their fingers crossed.
27 Sep, 2009, 04.51 AM IST
400 Air India pilots threaten mass sick leaveBarely two weeks after a strike by Jet pilots plunged flight schedules into chaos, several vacation plans for the festive season could be h...
26 Sep, 2009, 06.47 AM IST
- Excess pilots add to losses of Indian Airlines
While IA operates a maximum of 55 flights daily from Delhi, a whopping 270 pilots and co-pilots are stationed here.
21 Mar, 2008, 04.50 AM IST