In a huge setback for National carrier Air India (AI), eight senior Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots, on whom the airline had spent about Rs 40 lakh each on training, have resigned.
Six of them, sources said, are headed to budget carrier SpiceJet, whose flight operations chief, SPS Suri, was previously AI’s head of operations.
“Two pilots have already joined SpiceJet and are doing their command training in South Africa. The rest are serving their notice periods.”
“It’s a big loss. We trained them abroad at a huge expense in 2012. Training a single pilot costs anywhere between Rs 30-40 lakh. And during the training period, which can extend to a few months, the services of a pilot cannot be used for flying purposes,” said an AI source.
29/07/15 The Wiire
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Six of them, sources said, are headed to budget carrier SpiceJet, whose flight operations chief, SPS Suri, was previously AI’s head of operations.
“Two pilots have already joined SpiceJet and are doing their command training in South Africa. The rest are serving their notice periods.”
“It’s a big loss. We trained them abroad at a huge expense in 2012. Training a single pilot costs anywhere between Rs 30-40 lakh. And during the training period, which can extend to a few months, the services of a pilot cannot be used for flying purposes,” said an AI source.
29/07/15 The Wiire
