India’s largest airline, IndiGo is about to go on a hiring spree, as the flyer is planning to bring over 1,000 pilots on board. IndiGo Stepping Up Expansion After December Crew Crunch This is a positive way forward as this news comes after the aviation giant faced massive operational disruption last December. During that time, the company was forced to cancel more than 5,000 flights within seven days. Now coming to this hiring requirement, they will take fresh intake which will span trainee first officers, senior first officers and commanders. Besides this, the carrier is also ready to accept applicants without time on the Airbus A320, the workhorse aircraft across its network, as per the recruitment notice. Please note that the number of landings permitted between 12 am and 6 am has been limited, while the mandatory weekly rest period for pilots has gone up under the updated framework. It appears that the airline had neither hired in line with the new rules nor accelerated its training capacity, as concluded by a review carried out by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Moving ahead, this resulted in pilots being stretched through repeated reassignments, lengthier duty spans and greater use of… Read MoreBusiness Archives – Trak.in – Indian Business of Tech, Mobile & Startups
