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Air India plans to hire expat pilots for wide-body planesThe loss-making Air India, which was under government ownership for nearly seven decades till the Tata group took over in January 2022, had...
Planes grounded, Jet Airways sends expat pilots on leave without paySince Jet is now operating 35 of its once-upon-a-time fleet of 124 planes, the lender-led management has begun cutting this extra cost.
Jet Airways local pilots allege 'step-motherly' treatmentIn a strongly-worded statement, NAG said disparaging, inappropriate and racist comments allegedly made by certain expat pilots cannot be ta...
SpiceJet phases out expat pilots on costly dollarWith an expat commander getting almost three times more than the average Indian commander’s monthly pay of Rs 5 lakh, the airline is lookin...
Jet Pilots' body against extension of deadline for expat pilots"We are concerned about the extension of the FATA deadline, especially when there is a downturn in the aviation industry,"
Air India to turn to expat pilots sacked by Jet AirwaysJet Airways, which reported a doubling of losses in the fourth quarter ended March 2012, is looking to cut costs by hiring locals.
- Airlines may get more time to phase out expat pilots
In a move to help Indian flight operators deal with the shortage of pilots, DGCA has asked all leading players to submit a five-year hiring...
- Airlines can take services of expat pilots till July 2011
Presently, a total number of 384 expat pilots are employed with various airlines. Jet Airways has the largest number -- 111 pilots.
Mangalore crash, focus back on expat pilotsThe crash of the Air India Express plane piloted by a Serbian national has put the focus back on whether foreign pilots with various Indian...
- Jet, AI seek more time to replace expat pilots
Domestic carriers Jet Airways and Air India have asked the aviation regulator for more time for replacing expat pilots with locals.
- DGCA reprieve on deadline to phase-out expat pilots
Domestic air-operators seem to have earned a reprieve with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) understood to have extended the...
- Air India proposes cut in expat pilots' wages
Under pressure from its pilot unions, Air India is understood to have proposed a 10 per cent cut in the salaries of about 150 expat pilots ...
- Airline to retire expat pilots by fiscal-end
Faced with huge losses in the first quarter, the country’s largest private carrier by market value, Jet Airways will complete the process o...
- Jet to retire all expat pilots by fiscal-end
Faced with huge losses in the first quarter, the country’s largest private carrier by market value, Jet Airways will complete the process o...
- Expat pilots should be asked to go, says Jet Airways pilot body
The pilot body of Jet Airways is planning to send a formal proposal to its management, asking to do away with the expat pilots to prune cos...
- Jet terminates 30-35 expat pilots
Jet Airways has terminated the services of 30-35 expat pilots. These are from its 737-400 fleet.
- Expat pilots hired on high salaries leave Indians in lurch
Young pilots are wondering why expensive expat fliers are being retained by the firms in deep financial trouble. Top airports | India Aviat...
- Now, airlines to go slow on expat pilots
Jet is creating a domestic pool while SpiceJet’s planning to stop hiring expat pilots by end of 2008.
- Airlines want taxman to leave expat pilots alone
Faced with steep rise in pilot salaries over the past couple of years, airlines have asked the finance minister for income-tax sops for exp...
- Airlines want taxman to leave expat pilots alone
In a pre-budget note to FM, airlines have requested the government not to tax foreign pilots under Indian income-tax laws but treat them as...