Rs 20L spent, Air India pilot fails Dreamliner test

New Delhi: Boeing has returned an Air India commander sent to Singapore for getting trained on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner back to India after the pilot was not found fit flying the aircraft. This despite the fact that the airline managed extra training slots for him but even then commander, who currently flies a Boeing 747, could not fit the bill.
AI is learnt to have spent over Rs 20 lakh in training this controversial captain who was sent to Singapore despite being over 55 years of age. With a retirement age of 58, AI was to send pilots just over 50 years so that it can recover the training expense incurred on them in his or her remaining years of service. The airline did not offer its comment for the story.
21/05/12 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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