HC refuses to quash Civil Aviation Requirement of 2005

New Delhi: The Delhi High court today refused to quash the requirement for pilots to serve six-month notice period before quitting their respective airlines.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice A P Shah held that the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) of 2005 is binding on the pilots till the time it is revoked or modified by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
CAR mandates that pilots give six month notice on resigning from their services.
Court’s direction came over a petition filed by Jet Airways, which has challenged an order passed by the single member bench directing the airline to give No Objection Certificate to a pilot named Captain Randeep Pratap Singh Panag who had put in his papers.
The court had also sought DGCA’s opinion. The aviation regulatory body had sought some more time on it.
06/08/09 PTI/Indopia