Hyderabad: With the aim to attract the youth to the Indian Air Force and to provide information on openings and courses, a facilitation-cum-publicity cell (FCP) was launched on Thursday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad. This is the second such FCP in the country, after Delhi.
Air Marshal R.G. Burli, Commandant Air Force Academy, Dundigal, who launched the FCP at the lower arrival terminal of the airport, said that it would help fill the requirement of pilots. “We are short of pilots. But it’s not that we do not have sufficient applicants. We are getting many applications, but very few with the qualities that we are looking for,” he said.
GMR has allocated the space on “gratis” barring utility costs.
Apart from just awareness, the FCP will also be a nodal point for handling of the bodies of martyrs as well as to assist defence personnel and their families during air travel.
The initiative is also to enhance the presence of IAF at major airports.
23/05/14 Deccan Herald
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Air Marshal R.G. Burli, Commandant Air Force Academy, Dundigal, who launched the FCP at the lower arrival terminal of the airport, said that it would help fill the requirement of pilots. “We are short of pilots. But it’s not that we do not have sufficient applicants. We are getting many applications, but very few with the qualities that we are looking for,” he said.
GMR has allocated the space on “gratis” barring utility costs.
Apart from just awareness, the FCP will also be a nodal point for handling of the bodies of martyrs as well as to assist defence personnel and their families during air travel.
The initiative is also to enhance the presence of IAF at major airports.
23/05/14 Deccan Herald
