Air India pilot News
The pilot was not feeling well after the flight landed at the Delhi airport and was taken to the hospital, but he passed away.
The concerns raised by the Air India pilots' group come after the death of an IndiGo pilot recently who collapsed and died at the boarding gate at Nagpur airport last week.
This is the second such incident with Air India within months, in the previous incident the Tata Group owned airline was slapped with Rs 30 lakh fine by DGCA.
The Indian aviation regulator earlier suspended the pilot for three months for allowing a female friend in the plane's cockpit during the Dubai-Delhi flight.
Air India is hiring pilots to operate the aircraft to be added to its fleet, the fleet will include Airbus and Boeing aircrafts like A320, B777, B787, and B737.
The Air India pilot has been accused of inviting his female friend in the cockpit shortly after take-off, who was travelling as a passenger on the plane flying from Dubai.
Existing Air India pilots will be able to fly two different aircrafts - Boeing 787 and 777 and DGCA said that cross utilisation of pilots is being followed by airlines in around 16 countries.
Currently, Air India has around 1,600 pilots to operate its 113 aircraft fleet and in recent times, there have been instances of ultra-long haul flights getting cancelled or delayed due to shortage of crew.
Air India Pee-Gate: CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson said that four cabin crew and one pilot have been issued show cause notices and de-rostered pending investigation.
Air India CEO Wilson Campbell said that the pilot along with the 4 cabin crew members have been issued show cause notice and have been de-rostered, reports ANI.
Major action taken against two pilots and cabin crew who failed the alcohol test, DGCA has suspended them for 3 years.
The incident took place on Monday when the captain and the crew member got into a heated argument after the former allegedly asked the latter to clean his tiffin after finishing his meal.
Kathpalia was scheduled to fly flight AI-111 from Delhi to London but he had to be replaced because he tested positive for alcohol in the breath analyser test.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday put tough questions to a senior Air India pilot, whose appointment to the Board of the airline is under challenge, regarding an entry made by him in a pre-flight alcohol test register.
Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha is blessed with a great sense of humour. The 29-year-old star proved it again when she trolled an Air India pilot on her Snapchat account.
The incident happened on board Air India's flight to Male from Chennai via Thirunanthapuram, sources said.
Airline's flight AI-75 was scheduled to depart for Bhubaneswar at 1100 hours this morning.
Government-owned Air India is mulling setting up of an aviation university to cater to the increasing demand for aviation courses particularly for pilots and cabin crew.
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