According to Dinesh Keskar, senior VP of sales, Boeing, “ Indian flying schools only churn out pilots with a commercial pilot license (CPL) or private pilot license, and they hardly possess the expertise to fly the sophisticated aircraft of today’s airlines.” Pointing to the lack of infrastructure in flying schools, Saroj Datta, a director at Jet Airways, says, “Not only is there a shortage of aircraft in these schools, they often do not have sufficiently qualified trainers. So, it is rather difficult for us to employ the pass-outs of such institutes.” Read On >>
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