Mumbai: Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways may explore the possibility of absorbing some senior pilots from JetLite — the no-frills airline operated by its Indian partner Jet Airways — that will soon cease to exist. The move is aimed at addressing the concerns of JetLite pilots who were given the option to join Jet Airways, but at the cost of foregoing their seniority.
On September 9, a team of about 40 JetLite pilots met Jet Airways' chief executive designate Cramer Ball, chief operating officer Hameed Ali, senior vice-president for flight operations Nikhil Vaid, vice-president of human resources Samar Srivastava, and a senior Etihad Airways official at New Delhi airport’s T3 to discuss and resolve issues pertaining to the integration of JetLite’s pilots into Jet Airways’ fold. FE couldn’t immediately ascertain the name of the Etihad Airways official present at the deliberations.
According to three people familiar with the development, the Etihad Airways official suggested at the meeting that the international carrier could absorb some senior JetLite pilots since it was in the process of expanding its fleet and would require 200-250 additional pilots by next year. None of them wanted to be identified.
11/09/14 Rhik Kundu/Roudra Bhattacharya/Financial Express
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On September 9, a team of about 40 JetLite pilots met Jet Airways' chief executive designate Cramer Ball, chief operating officer Hameed Ali, senior vice-president for flight operations Nikhil Vaid, vice-president of human resources Samar Srivastava, and a senior Etihad Airways official at New Delhi airport’s T3 to discuss and resolve issues pertaining to the integration of JetLite’s pilots into Jet Airways’ fold. FE couldn’t immediately ascertain the name of the Etihad Airways official present at the deliberations.
According to three people familiar with the development, the Etihad Airways official suggested at the meeting that the international carrier could absorb some senior JetLite pilots since it was in the process of expanding its fleet and would require 200-250 additional pilots by next year. None of them wanted to be identified.
11/09/14 Rhik Kundu/Roudra Bhattacharya/Financial Express
