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Pilots

Flying fears

With an analytics company reporting that almost a third of the world’s passenger jets are parked around the world, and with airlines grounding more planes due to a lack of demand, pilots are bound to get rusty.

Air India extends contentious LWP scheme’s deadline to September-end

The scheme was circulated on July 14 and the pilots have been protesting that it "confers disproportionate powers" on the Chairman and Managing Director to pass an order requiring an employee to go on a compulsory leave without pay for a period of six months or for two years, and extendable upto five years.