350 commercial pilots flying skies with invalid licences
(India)
This test is required to be given every six months and
Pilots are not supposed to fly without a valid PPC. The action will be decided
when the data from all airlines comes in.
NEW DELHI: Indian airlines
currently have almost 350 commercial pilots flying the skies with lapsed or
invalid licences due to their failure to appear in exams that have to be given
after every few months to remain eligible to operate in the
cockpit.
Senior Air India pilot shows up for flight with expired
licence
Hijacking call sparks alert on AI flights to Mumbai,
Ahmedabad
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is now
contemplating action against the heads of training department of these airlines,
while asking the carriers to complete the required training of pilots in a
time-bound manner.
Flight delays plague Air India,
furious passengers take to Twitter, FB
New Delhi: Passengers travelling on the Air India
network faced difficulties all of last week as many flights got delayed - some
beyond two hours - or were clubbed with other flights.
This also lead to
offloading of some pre-booked passengers. Social media was flooded with angry
reactions from passengers - instances of flight delays were largely on the
Delhi-Mumbai route, the busiest domestic route for airlines, and the worst
delays were seen over the weekend.
This morning, a Delhi-Lucknow flight
was delayed beyond two hours and a passenger tweeted: "Monday morning blues. Air
India delays departure of 7 am flight to Lucknow by 2 hours. Airline staff have
no answer when asked why".
Another harried passenger took to Facebook
last night, saying her flight, AI 688 Delhi-Mumbai, was scheduled for 6.30 am
but was later clubbed with a 7 am flight. "When I was coming from Mumbai to
Delhi, my 9 pm flight was re-scheduled twice to 11.40 pm".
Five flights
were rescheduled/clubbed with other flights from Delhi yesterday, six each were
re-scheduled or clubbed on Saturday and Friday.
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