Jobs aplenty as aviation sector touches the sky

India would require anything between 7,500-8,000 pilots and an equal number or more air cabin crew by 2010.
No wonder there have been a series of announcements regarding establishment of aviation training centres especially in the past couple of weeks.
Airbus has decided to set up an aviation school in Bangalore to train 1,000 pilots a year, Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s Jupiter Aviation is looking to set up a similar venture in Bangalore or Hyderabad and aviation consultant Praveen Paul has set up his own aviation school and many more are in the offing including Deccan Aviation’s venture with ATR.
Most aviation schools charge a fee of Rs 10-12 lakh for a 18-24 month flying module and most parents are prepared to pay this fee looking at the long term gains.
Considering that the engineering/MBA combination costs as much, students are getting increasingly convinced about the aviation option.
17/02/07 Darlington Jose Hector/Times of India