Jet pilots’ Qatar take off delayed by months

Captain RPS Panag —one among the 20 Jet Airways pilots who had recently put in their papers to join Qatar Airways — has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India’s civil aviation requirement (CAR) norm stipulating six-month notice period.
The petition filed on June 10 is against the union of India, DGCA and Jet Airways. The next hearing of the case is on June 22.
The move comes after Jet Airways, despite a DGCA directive, refused to give no-objection-certificates (NOCs) to these pilots before serving the six-month notice period.
The petitioner is now seeking interim relief in terms of a NOC from Jet to join the new airline. When contacted by Financial Chronicle, Captain RPS Panag said, “I am not willing to speak on the petition filed in Delhi High Court.”
An aggrieved pilot said, “We have approached the vacation bench as the court is closed for summer holidays. The first hearing of the case was on 12 June, 2009, where the DGCA officials were also present.”
18/06/09 Parul Chhaparia/mydigitalfc.com

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