Nearly 500 expat pilots working in India: Government
New Delhi: Nearly 500 foreign pilots are currently working in various Indian aviation companies with Jet Airways topping the list of recruiters, the government said today.
These details were given by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh in response to a question in Lok Sabha.
The government had allowed airlines to hire foreign aircrew to meet the shortage of pilots, Singh said.
Of the 497 pilots working with Indian companies, 183 work for Jet Airways, followed by Indigo Airlines 90.
Spice Jet employs 88 expat pilots while Kingfisher employs 15 and Air India 14. Blue Dart and Alliance Air employ 7 foreign pilots each while 3 more are working for Go Airlines, Ajit Singh said.
25/04/12 PTI/Economic Times
and what about the army of 10000 unemployed pilots in india .
Rite now I hate the word shortage of pilots…….God only knows our unemployed pilot future.
please send there expats if they will not go how will our indian unemploied pilots will get a chance ….. wat is the problem of our country y cant thay help there own country pilots to get a job.shortage was in year 2007 ….and now its 2012 …y arnt the airlines of india makin some arrangements to replace these expats for indian cpl holders
all bros.. there are loooonnng ques of unemployed pilots since 2007……..there are almost 1000 expats working….in india….wars est condition ever….
we indian pilots are all type rated and u guys wana keep expat pilots….y cant u hire indian pilots !!
HUH………………. just reading n leaving.. comments would not solve problems u guys should group up n go to dgca.. rather than cmmenting here siiting in ur bedroom…………. then only they r gonna hear
wat abt indian unemployed pilots ….we struggling frm last 3yrs .
Unemployed Indian pilots dont bribe the DGCA, All airlines employ kins of DGCA emloyes, therefore airlines can do what they want.
News has it that Jetairways has decided to stop hiring expat pilots henceforth on Ng, ATR & A330 fleets. This is not for the love of Indian pilots, but because of the increasing $ component they find it unaffordable to hire them. May not make a big difference, but at least its a start. Hope other airlines follow suit, including AI & AIE.