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"'IndiGo Standard Time' Now Linked To Delays": Pilots Body Jabs Airline
A pilots' body heaped pressure on IndiGo Wednesday night even as India's largest airline battles an operational crisis, arguably its worst ever, brought on by 'technology glitches, adverse weather conditions, a congested aviation sector, and changed
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"Unconstitutional": Pilots' Body On Proposed Code For Hiring Aviators Abroad
The Airline Pilots' Association of India has strongly objected to a working paper submitted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, which proposes a global code of conduct to regulate the hiring of Indian aviation professionals by foreign airlines.
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"Ground All Boeing 787 Planes", Says Pilots' Body. Air India Responds
Pilots have called for the 'grounding of all Boeing 787 planes' based on reports of malfunctioning electronics on AI-117 while landing in Birmingham on October 4, and AI-154, a Vienna-Delhi service diverted to Dubai on October 9 after systems failed.
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India Seeks Global Code Of Conduct To Prevent Pilot Poaching: Report
India wants countries to agree on a new code of conduct on hiring each other's airline staff after raising concerns that its fast-growing aviation system is being stifled by the poaching of Indian pilots and cabin crew without adequate notice.
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Indian-Origin Delta Pilot Arrested From Cockpit 10 Minutes After Landing
A Delta Airlines co-pilot was arrested 10 minutes after his flight landed at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday at around 7:05 am IST. Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, was taken into custody on charges of child sexual assault.
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"These Are Not 2 People On Tinder Date": Expert Defends Dreamliner Pilots
Serious pilots in India who are closely watching the unfolding events linked to the investigation into the crash of Air India's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner are upset about the whole situation due to a perceived slant towards blaming the pilots.
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Air India Allowed To Extend Crew Duty, Rest Periods Amid Pak Airspace Ban
The exemption increases the maximum flight duty period - typically the time between reporting for duty and the end of flight-related activities - for pilots and cabin crew, the memo showed.
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Pilots In India Unite Against Flying Duty Rules After Pre-Flight Death
Hundreds of Indian airline pilots plan to form an association to challenge flying duty regulations they say cause fatigue and jeopardise safety after an IndiGo pilot collapsed and died before his flight.
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Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?
Investigations into the Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 71 people last month indicate the strong possibility of a startling error by one of the pilots. Five Indians were also killed in the crash.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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IndiGo Boss Praises Aviation Regulator, Says Recent Incidents "Not Safety Issues"
CEO Ronojoy Dutta says Indigo pilots trained to be "super conservative", marks 16th anniversary with launch of faster exit after landing
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After 17 Covid Deaths, Indian Airline Pilots Seek Frontline Worker Status
The Federation of Indian Pilots has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court demanding 'frontline worker' status for its members, 17 of whom have succumbed to Covid till June 1.
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Pay Cuts Can Trigger "Desperate, Extreme Acts", Say Air India Pilots
Some 60 Air India pilots operating repatriation flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad have tested positive for coronavirus, the airline has said in a letter to the government.
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Air India Pilots Warn Of "Unprecedented Flare-Up" If Salaries Changed
Any unilateral change by Air India in the salaries of pilots would be illegal and has the potential to flare-up to a situation of "unprecedented magnitude", said the ICPA, one of the airline's pilot unions, on Monday.
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Don't Roster Air India, Ex-Indian Airlines Crew Together: Pilots' Group
A group of pilots have objected to bunching together of the cockpit crew of Air India and the former Indian Airlines in the state-run carrier's rostering system unless seniority issues are sorted out. The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association or ICPA on Wednesday expressed its "strong objection" to the common rostering system.
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"'IndiGo Standard Time' Now Linked To Delays": Pilots Body Jabs Airline
A pilots' body heaped pressure on IndiGo Wednesday night even as India's largest airline battles an operational crisis, arguably its worst ever, brought on by 'technology glitches, adverse weather conditions, a congested aviation sector, and changed
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"Unconstitutional": Pilots' Body On Proposed Code For Hiring Aviators Abroad
The Airline Pilots' Association of India has strongly objected to a working paper submitted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, which proposes a global code of conduct to regulate the hiring of Indian aviation professionals by foreign airlines.
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"Ground All Boeing 787 Planes", Says Pilots' Body. Air India Responds
Pilots have called for the 'grounding of all Boeing 787 planes' based on reports of malfunctioning electronics on AI-117 while landing in Birmingham on October 4, and AI-154, a Vienna-Delhi service diverted to Dubai on October 9 after systems failed.
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India Seeks Global Code Of Conduct To Prevent Pilot Poaching: Report
India wants countries to agree on a new code of conduct on hiring each other's airline staff after raising concerns that its fast-growing aviation system is being stifled by the poaching of Indian pilots and cabin crew without adequate notice.
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Indian-Origin Delta Pilot Arrested From Cockpit 10 Minutes After Landing
A Delta Airlines co-pilot was arrested 10 minutes after his flight landed at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday at around 7:05 am IST. Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, was taken into custody on charges of child sexual assault.
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"These Are Not 2 People On Tinder Date": Expert Defends Dreamliner Pilots
Serious pilots in India who are closely watching the unfolding events linked to the investigation into the crash of Air India's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner are upset about the whole situation due to a perceived slant towards blaming the pilots.
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Air India Allowed To Extend Crew Duty, Rest Periods Amid Pak Airspace Ban
The exemption increases the maximum flight duty period - typically the time between reporting for duty and the end of flight-related activities - for pilots and cabin crew, the memo showed.
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Pilots In India Unite Against Flying Duty Rules After Pre-Flight Death
Hundreds of Indian airline pilots plan to form an association to challenge flying duty regulations they say cause fatigue and jeopardise safety after an IndiGo pilot collapsed and died before his flight.
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Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?
Investigations into the Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 71 people last month indicate the strong possibility of a startling error by one of the pilots. Five Indians were also killed in the crash.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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IndiGo Boss Praises Aviation Regulator, Says Recent Incidents "Not Safety Issues"
CEO Ronojoy Dutta says Indigo pilots trained to be "super conservative", marks 16th anniversary with launch of faster exit after landing
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After 17 Covid Deaths, Indian Airline Pilots Seek Frontline Worker Status
The Federation of Indian Pilots has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court demanding 'frontline worker' status for its members, 17 of whom have succumbed to Covid till June 1.
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Pay Cuts Can Trigger "Desperate, Extreme Acts", Say Air India Pilots
Some 60 Air India pilots operating repatriation flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad have tested positive for coronavirus, the airline has said in a letter to the government.
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Air India Pilots Warn Of "Unprecedented Flare-Up" If Salaries Changed
Any unilateral change by Air India in the salaries of pilots would be illegal and has the potential to flare-up to a situation of "unprecedented magnitude", said the ICPA, one of the airline's pilot unions, on Monday.
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Don't Roster Air India, Ex-Indian Airlines Crew Together: Pilots' Group
A group of pilots have objected to bunching together of the cockpit crew of Air India and the former Indian Airlines in the state-run carrier's rostering system unless seniority issues are sorted out. The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association or ICPA on Wednesday expressed its "strong objection" to the common rostering system.
