Air India Pilot Suspended

DGCA has suspended simulator training activities for A320 pilots at Air India's facility in Hyderabad, close on the heels of suspending the training activities for Boeing pilots at the Tata Group-owned airline's facility in Mumbai.

An Air India pilot was suspended for three months for allowing a woman friend to enter and stay in the cockpit during a flight from Dubai to Delhi in February, violating safety norms, and the airline was fined Rs 30 lakh, said the aviation regulator.

A major tragedy was averted on Friday when an Air India and a Nepal Airlines aircraft came close to collision mid-air but the warning systems alerted the pilots whose timely action prevented the disaster, authorities said in Kathmandu on Sunday.

Tata Group's Air India said on Tuesday the recent suspension of a pilot's licence by the aviation regulator was "excessive" after a passenger behaved in an unruly manner onboard one of its flights.

Air India has been fined Rs 30 lakh and the licence of the pilot-in-charge of its New York-Delhi flight on which a drunk passenger peed on a woman has been suspended for three months by the aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation.

Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspended licenses of two Alliance Air pilots for one year after the plane they were operating overshot the runway in Jabalpur on March 12. DGCA said the "action or inaction" of pilots caused a safety issue.

The Delhi High Court has asked Air India to consider paying at least one month's salary to its pilots, engaged on contractual basis, whose services were suspended in April and later terminated in August, saying that employees cannot be left to hang high and dry.

The national carrier has already cut the allowances of all employees, except cabin crew, by 10 per cent for the next three months.

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday said it was temporarily suspending breath analyser alcohol test for all aviation personnel, including pilots, hours after an Air India union made the request saying these tests could aid the spread of coronavirus.

A senior Air India pilot, who was suspended in May last year after being accused of sexual harassment by a woman colleague, has been reinstated, senior officials said.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday suspended two SpiceJet pilots for three months for not following the instructions given by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) to hold their B738 plane at a point and causing runway incursion incident at Delhi airport on August 27, according to a senior official.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday suspended two IndiGo pilots for two months for flying a Hyderabad-Vijaywada flight on July 24 with the tail support attached even though they were informed about it by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) immediately after take-off, an official said.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended a first officer of SpiceJet for three months for mishearing an Air Traffic Control clearance, due to which he gave incorrect direction to the pilot-in-command (PIC), causing runway incursion at Mumbai airport, said a source.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday suspended the license of an Air India Express pilot for a year who overshot the runway while landing an aircraft at Mangalore airport on June 30, sources said.

Aviation regulator DGCA Friday suspended an AirAsia India pilot for a period of three months for erroneously transmitting the ''hijack code'' to the Air Traffic Services during a Delhi-Srinagar flight on June 9, sources said.

DGCA has suspended simulator training activities for A320 pilots at Air India's facility in Hyderabad, close on the heels of suspending the training activities for Boeing pilots at the Tata Group-owned airline's facility in Mumbai.

An Air India pilot was suspended for three months for allowing a woman friend to enter and stay in the cockpit during a flight from Dubai to Delhi in February, violating safety norms, and the airline was fined Rs 30 lakh, said the aviation regulator.

A major tragedy was averted on Friday when an Air India and a Nepal Airlines aircraft came close to collision mid-air but the warning systems alerted the pilots whose timely action prevented the disaster, authorities said in Kathmandu on Sunday.

Tata Group's Air India said on Tuesday the recent suspension of a pilot's licence by the aviation regulator was "excessive" after a passenger behaved in an unruly manner onboard one of its flights.

Air India has been fined Rs 30 lakh and the licence of the pilot-in-charge of its New York-Delhi flight on which a drunk passenger peed on a woman has been suspended for three months by the aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation.

Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspended licenses of two Alliance Air pilots for one year after the plane they were operating overshot the runway in Jabalpur on March 12. DGCA said the "action or inaction" of pilots caused a safety issue.

The Delhi High Court has asked Air India to consider paying at least one month's salary to its pilots, engaged on contractual basis, whose services were suspended in April and later terminated in August, saying that employees cannot be left to hang high and dry.

The national carrier has already cut the allowances of all employees, except cabin crew, by 10 per cent for the next three months.

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday said it was temporarily suspending breath analyser alcohol test for all aviation personnel, including pilots, hours after an Air India union made the request saying these tests could aid the spread of coronavirus.

A senior Air India pilot, who was suspended in May last year after being accused of sexual harassment by a woman colleague, has been reinstated, senior officials said.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday suspended two SpiceJet pilots for three months for not following the instructions given by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) to hold their B738 plane at a point and causing runway incursion incident at Delhi airport on August 27, according to a senior official.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday suspended two IndiGo pilots for two months for flying a Hyderabad-Vijaywada flight on July 24 with the tail support attached even though they were informed about it by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) immediately after take-off, an official said.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended a first officer of SpiceJet for three months for mishearing an Air Traffic Control clearance, due to which he gave incorrect direction to the pilot-in-command (PIC), causing runway incursion at Mumbai airport, said a source.

Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday suspended the license of an Air India Express pilot for a year who overshot the runway while landing an aircraft at Mangalore airport on June 30, sources said.

Aviation regulator DGCA Friday suspended an AirAsia India pilot for a period of three months for erroneously transmitting the ''hijack code'' to the Air Traffic Services during a Delhi-Srinagar flight on June 9, sources said.