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Pilots In India Unite Against Flying Duty Rules After Pre-Flight Death
Hundreds of Indian airline pilots plan to form an association to challenge flying duty regulations they say cause fatigue and jeopardise safety after an IndiGo pilot collapsed and died before his flight.
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Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?
Investigations into the Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 71 people last month indicate the strong possibility of a startling error by one of the pilots. Five Indians were also killed in the crash.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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IndiGo Boss Praises Aviation Regulator, Says Recent Incidents "Not Safety Issues"
CEO Ronojoy Dutta says Indigo pilots trained to be "super conservative", marks 16th anniversary with launch of faster exit after landing
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After 17 Covid Deaths, Indian Airline Pilots Seek Frontline Worker Status
The Federation of Indian Pilots has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court demanding 'frontline worker' status for its members, 17 of whom have succumbed to Covid till June 1.
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Pay Cuts Can Trigger "Desperate, Extreme Acts", Say Air India Pilots
Some 60 Air India pilots operating repatriation flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad have tested positive for coronavirus, the airline has said in a letter to the government.
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Air India Pilots Warn Of "Unprecedented Flare-Up" If Salaries Changed
Any unilateral change by Air India in the salaries of pilots would be illegal and has the potential to flare-up to a situation of "unprecedented magnitude", said the ICPA, one of the airline's pilot unions, on Monday.
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Air India Can Hire Jet Airways' Co-Pilots, Not ''Costly Captains'': Indian Pilots' Guild
According to the IPG, if Air India plans to procure more B-777 aircraft to fill the vacuum created by the failure of a private airline (Jet Airways), it is understandable to hire co-pilots on short-term basis.
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Don't Roster Air India, Ex-Indian Airlines Crew Together: Pilots' Group
A group of pilots have objected to bunching together of the cockpit crew of Air India and the former Indian Airlines in the state-run carrier's rostering system unless seniority issues are sorted out. The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association or ICPA on Wednesday expressed its "strong objection" to the common rostering system.
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Court Seeks Centre, Aviation Body's Stand On Plea Over Pilots' Duty Limitations
The Delhi High Court today sought the stands of the Centre and aviation regulator DGCA on the pleas of Air India and Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), a body of major Indian airlines, on the issue of changes in the stipulated flight and duty time limitations (FDTL) of pilots.
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Pilot Of Indian Airlines Flight Hijacked To Pakistan In 1971 Dies
Captain M K Kachru, the pilot of the Indian Airlines plane hijacked to Pakistan in January 1971, died in Faridabad, near Delhi, today after prolonged illness, his family said.
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Air India Pilots' Lobby Accepts Dharmadhikari Report After 6 Years
The pilots of the Boeing fleet of Air India have finally agreed to accept the common pay structure as recommended by the Dharmadhikari committee.
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Report On MH370 Finds 'Initially Similar' Route On Pilot's Flight Simulator
The captain of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft that vanished somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean with 239 people on board had flown a route on his home flight simulator six weeks earlier that was "initially similar" to the one actually taken, Australian authorities said on Tuesday.
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Jet Airways Local Pilots Allege 'Step-Motherly' Treatment
Jet Airways is treating Indian pilots in a "step-motherly" manner compared to their expat counterparts on the rolls, pilots' body National Aviators Guild (NAG) today claimed.
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Pilots Association Raises Concerns Over VVIP Operations Of Air India
Raising concern over the handling of VVIP operations at Air India by one of its executive directors despite his alleged involvement in a near mid-air crash of a former Prime Minister's aircraft, the airline's pilots body, ICPA, has sought immediate action from the government in this regard.
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Pilots In India Unite Against Flying Duty Rules After Pre-Flight Death
Hundreds of Indian airline pilots plan to form an association to challenge flying duty regulations they say cause fatigue and jeopardise safety after an IndiGo pilot collapsed and died before his flight.
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Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?
Investigations into the Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 71 people last month indicate the strong possibility of a startling error by one of the pilots. Five Indians were also killed in the crash.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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IndiGo Boss Praises Aviation Regulator, Says Recent Incidents "Not Safety Issues"
CEO Ronojoy Dutta says Indigo pilots trained to be "super conservative", marks 16th anniversary with launch of faster exit after landing
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After 17 Covid Deaths, Indian Airline Pilots Seek Frontline Worker Status
The Federation of Indian Pilots has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court demanding 'frontline worker' status for its members, 17 of whom have succumbed to Covid till June 1.
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Pay Cuts Can Trigger "Desperate, Extreme Acts", Say Air India Pilots
Some 60 Air India pilots operating repatriation flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad have tested positive for coronavirus, the airline has said in a letter to the government.
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Air India Pilots Warn Of "Unprecedented Flare-Up" If Salaries Changed
Any unilateral change by Air India in the salaries of pilots would be illegal and has the potential to flare-up to a situation of "unprecedented magnitude", said the ICPA, one of the airline's pilot unions, on Monday.
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Air India Can Hire Jet Airways' Co-Pilots, Not ''Costly Captains'': Indian Pilots' Guild
According to the IPG, if Air India plans to procure more B-777 aircraft to fill the vacuum created by the failure of a private airline (Jet Airways), it is understandable to hire co-pilots on short-term basis.
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Don't Roster Air India, Ex-Indian Airlines Crew Together: Pilots' Group
A group of pilots have objected to bunching together of the cockpit crew of Air India and the former Indian Airlines in the state-run carrier's rostering system unless seniority issues are sorted out. The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association or ICPA on Wednesday expressed its "strong objection" to the common rostering system.
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Court Seeks Centre, Aviation Body's Stand On Plea Over Pilots' Duty Limitations
The Delhi High Court today sought the stands of the Centre and aviation regulator DGCA on the pleas of Air India and Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), a body of major Indian airlines, on the issue of changes in the stipulated flight and duty time limitations (FDTL) of pilots.
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Pilot Of Indian Airlines Flight Hijacked To Pakistan In 1971 Dies
Captain M K Kachru, the pilot of the Indian Airlines plane hijacked to Pakistan in January 1971, died in Faridabad, near Delhi, today after prolonged illness, his family said.
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Air India Pilots' Lobby Accepts Dharmadhikari Report After 6 Years
The pilots of the Boeing fleet of Air India have finally agreed to accept the common pay structure as recommended by the Dharmadhikari committee.
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Report On MH370 Finds 'Initially Similar' Route On Pilot's Flight Simulator
The captain of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft that vanished somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean with 239 people on board had flown a route on his home flight simulator six weeks earlier that was "initially similar" to the one actually taken, Australian authorities said on Tuesday.
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Jet Airways Local Pilots Allege 'Step-Motherly' Treatment
Jet Airways is treating Indian pilots in a "step-motherly" manner compared to their expat counterparts on the rolls, pilots' body National Aviators Guild (NAG) today claimed.
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Pilots Association Raises Concerns Over VVIP Operations Of Air India
Raising concern over the handling of VVIP operations at Air India by one of its executive directors despite his alleged involvement in a near mid-air crash of a former Prime Minister's aircraft, the airline's pilots body, ICPA, has sought immediate action from the government in this regard.
