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Mumbai: Air hostess schools to pay airline for in-flight training. Air Deccan will now outsource cabin crew from training institutes and get paid for it in the bargain.
“We are in talks with cabin crew training institutes and are likely to conclude agreements in a week’s time,” said Air Deccan Chief Operating Officer Warwick Brady.
Sources close to the development said the airline was in talks with Frankfinn Institute of Air Hostess Training, Air Hostess Academy and a training institute in Hyderabad.
They added that the airline would be deploying over 300 cabin crew members in a year through this. While this arrangement will give aspiring cabin crew of various institutes the chance to train on the job, the airline will not have to hire additional cabin crew. The institutes will pay Air Deccan for giving their trainees this opportunity.
“Foreign cabin crew training institutes have also expressed their willingness to take part in this innovative model,” the sources said.
09/10/06 P R Sanjai/Business Standard