Staff crunch lands AI Express in major crisis

Air India Express, is suffering from a man power crunch. According to sources from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Air India Express has been receiving step-motherly treatment by Air India. The aircraft-engineer ratio at Air India, as compared to Air India Express, has a vast difference.
Interestingly the next-generation Boeing 737 aircrafts of the airlines were being maintained by rival companies, Jet Airways and Air Sahara, since Air India Express was short of engineers.
Air India Express, which currently has 13 Boeing 737 aircrafts which would be increased to 17 by the end of the year, has 38 engineers and 40 other technicians. “To correct the shortage we are now recruiting some engineers with Basic Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s Licence (BAMEL). Also, we are in the process of recruiting some Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AME’s), who will be trained to work for the Boeing 737 aircrafts. We will get 80 more aircraft mechanics from the air force,” Singh added.
But, a highly placed source in the Air India Aircraft Engineers’ Association says Air India, too, is suffering from manpower shortage.
15/05/07 Megha Chaturvedi/Daily News & Analysis

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