Loosely referred to as the Karnal Club, it is a mafia of sorts within the aviation regulator, allegedly allowing India’s flying schools to get away with malpractices in return for bribes.
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Hundreds of cancelled and delayed flights cannot really be pinned on ‘unavailability of crew’. Rather, it is a chronic shortage of pilots as well as sloppy training and HR practices at the Tata-SIA airline that is to blame.
The exodus has set off operational and cultural challenges at the fledgling airline and handed founder Vinay Dube his first big test.
The IndiGo pilot’s untimely death has led to aviators blaming working conditions, specifically being asked to fly on consecutive nights without adequate rest. Are airlines playing fast and loose with the rules?