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4,000 licensed pilots wait to fly some day
The Unemployed Pilots Welfare Association puts the number of out-of-job CPL holders close to 4,000, even as airlines continue to hire about 1,000 expatriate pilots. India is one of the few countries that allows expat pilots to fly domestic routes.
“We will meet the Director General of Civil Aviation on Thursday and decide our course of action,” said Capt Ashok Arya, association president and former Airports Authority of India official.
The DGCA has made it mandatory for airlines to phase out expat pilots by 2010, to create openings. But airlines are moving cautiously on this, especially after Jet Airways and Air India were recently grounded due to pilots’ agitations.
“We don’t want fresh problems from our expat pilots. We’ve submitted our phase-out plan and we will stick to it,” an official of a private carrier said, requesting anonymity.
13/10/09 Karan Jakhad/TopNews.in
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PermaLink “We will meet the Director General of Civil Aviation on Thursday and decide our course of action,” said Capt Ashok Arya, association president and former Airports Authority of India official.
The DGCA has made it mandatory for airlines to phase out expat pilots by 2010, to create openings. But airlines are moving cautiously on this, especially after Jet Airways and Air India were recently grounded due to pilots’ agitations.
“We don’t want fresh problems from our expat pilots. We’ve submitted our phase-out plan and we will stick to it,” an official of a private carrier said, requesting anonymity.
13/10/09 Karan Jakhad/TopNews.in
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