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PILOT ROSTERING RULES
Longer flight paths push DGCA to ease pilot duty rules temporarilyThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation has eased pilot flight duty rules for long-haul flights. This move aims to ensure enough pilots a...- IndiGo is planning to hire over 1,000 pilotsIndiGo is launching a major recruitment drive for over 1,000 pilots. This comes after significant flight cancellations due to crew shortage...
- Air India Express pilot hiring plan sparks internal unrest as carrier scouts IndiGo talentAir India Express pilots are unhappy with new recruitment plans. They believe hiring more pilots will reduce their flying hours and pay. Th...
- Disruptions were not deliberate: IndiGo ChairmanIn a recent statement, Vikram Singh Mehta, chairman of IndiGo, addressed concerns about the ongoing flight disruptions. He clarified that t...
- IndiGo’s rule shocker: Probe asks if airline ignored warnings before crisis hitA government panel is investigating IndiGo's handling of new flight duty time limitation norms, examining if the airline sought relaxations...
- IndiGo to cut flights from December 8; targets full restoration by February 2026IndiGo will cut flights starting December 8. The airline expects to fully restore flight operations by February 10, 2026. This comes after ...
- DGCA may give waiver to IndiGo from new pilot rest rulesIndiGo is likely to receive a partial waiver from the DGCA on new pilot rest-duty norms after a severe operational meltdown forced over a t...
- Domestic airlines 'misusing' FDTL waivers, implement full norms: pilots' body ALPA-IndiaIn a letter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Airlines Pilots Association-India (ALPA) also urged the DGCA to prevent ai...
- DGCA imposes Rs 30 lakh penalty on Air IndiaAviation safety regulator DGCA has fined Tata Group-owned Air India Rs 30 lakh for allowing a pilot to operate a flight without meeting nec...
- Aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu urges airlines to counter stress and fatigue among employeesCivil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu emphasised the need for airlines to implement robust stress and fatigue management programs for the...
- Air India to soon have new crew management systemAir India is set to introduce a new crew management system called the CAE Crew Management System in the next two weeks. The system will imp...
- Rumble in the cockpit as DGCA defers new duty and rest rulesIndian pilots, represented by FIP, oppose DGCA's delay in implementing new rules on pilot duty citing safety concerns. Airlines push for in...
- Air India roster row: ICPA asks airline to probe all pilotsAir India is probing alleged irregularities in preparation of rosters for pilots and whether they are being changed at the insistence of so...
- Air India probes alleged manipulations in preparing pilots' rosterAs per the sources, the airline ends up paying one pilot for just 40 hours of flying duty while the other pilot who flew the additional 30 ...
- Spicejet sacks expat Turkish pilot for failing alcohol testThe pilot, a first officer, had been working for a Turkish carrier, which has wet-leased some of its aircraft to the Gurgaon-based airline,...
- AirAsia pilot grounded for three months for smoking on flightSmoking, which is banned now, was allowed on flights until the late 1980s. While passengers were banned from smoking, pilots were allowed t...
- Pilots take on DGCA over 'Draconian' ruleThe pilots told ET that the regulator should not make such rules because forcing pilots to fly at the last minute would jeopardise the safe...
- Jet Airways, AI pilot unions oppose proposed flight duty normsEarlier, DGCA came out with draft CAR on Flight Duty Time Limitation proposing strict action against pilots reporting late for duty.
- Pilots may face strict action for failing flight dutiesPilots who are found to falsely report illness to escape flight duty and those unwilling to follow the dynamic roster,will be considered as...
- No time to rest for pilots on dutyDesperate to minimise cancellations and avoid inconvenience to passengers, the airline is making the most of pilots willing to fly.
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