As Jet Airways makes an effort to get the cash-strapped airline back on track, its pilots have started to resign and move to other carriers.
While 10 to 15 pilots from JetLite and Jet Konnect have joined Air India Express, many of the other Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) pilots have opted for SpiceJet, which held interviews in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Jet Airways officials said that while a few had already joined, a 100 had been offered jobs by SpiceJet, while others have appeared for interviews or have evinced interest.
“Several pilots, having ancestral connection in the southern cities of Kochi, Kozhikode, Tiruvananthapuram, Tiruchi, Thrissur etc. have all opted for Air India Express, which has a huge presence in the region,” a senior commander with Jet Airways and a former managing committee member of the National Aviators Guild (NAG) said.
Air India Express is a low-cost airline and a fully-owned subsidiary of Air India. Since it operates a fleet of 25 Boeing 737- 800 NG aircraft like SpiceJet, an Operators Conversion Course would get the pilots airborne within a fortnight of joining.
Senior SpiceJet officials said pilots of Jet Airways had shown interest in joining it over the past three months and that some had already joined.
GoAir, Vistara, IndiGo are among the domestic airlines that have attracted pilots who have in the past flown an Airbus 320. Scoot, Oman Air and Fly Dubai are among the international carriers which have also attracted pilots from Jet Airways.
With the financial year set to end, Jet Airways pilots want to have a good credit score and be able to pay EMIs on loans and school fees on time.
IndiGo, which operates a pure Airbus fleet, is hiring over 100 Boeing 737 commander-level pilots from Jet Airways. These pilots would require six months’ training so that they could fly the Airbus 320s. In mid-February, IndiGo said it would operate about 30 fewer flights each day till March-end due to the pilot shortage but these flights have now been taken out from the entire summer schedule that goes on till October. These pilots from Jet will help IndiGo get back on track at a lower cost since it would incur lesser spending on expatriate pilots.
22/03/19 Aditya Anand/The Hindu
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While 10 to 15 pilots from JetLite and Jet Konnect have joined Air India Express, many of the other Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) pilots have opted for SpiceJet, which held interviews in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Jet Airways officials said that while a few had already joined, a 100 had been offered jobs by SpiceJet, while others have appeared for interviews or have evinced interest.
“Several pilots, having ancestral connection in the southern cities of Kochi, Kozhikode, Tiruvananthapuram, Tiruchi, Thrissur etc. have all opted for Air India Express, which has a huge presence in the region,” a senior commander with Jet Airways and a former managing committee member of the National Aviators Guild (NAG) said.
Air India Express is a low-cost airline and a fully-owned subsidiary of Air India. Since it operates a fleet of 25 Boeing 737- 800 NG aircraft like SpiceJet, an Operators Conversion Course would get the pilots airborne within a fortnight of joining.
Senior SpiceJet officials said pilots of Jet Airways had shown interest in joining it over the past three months and that some had already joined.
GoAir, Vistara, IndiGo are among the domestic airlines that have attracted pilots who have in the past flown an Airbus 320. Scoot, Oman Air and Fly Dubai are among the international carriers which have also attracted pilots from Jet Airways.
With the financial year set to end, Jet Airways pilots want to have a good credit score and be able to pay EMIs on loans and school fees on time.
IndiGo, which operates a pure Airbus fleet, is hiring over 100 Boeing 737 commander-level pilots from Jet Airways. These pilots would require six months’ training so that they could fly the Airbus 320s. In mid-February, IndiGo said it would operate about 30 fewer flights each day till March-end due to the pilot shortage but these flights have now been taken out from the entire summer schedule that goes on till October. These pilots from Jet will help IndiGo get back on track at a lower cost since it would incur lesser spending on expatriate pilots.
22/03/19 Aditya Anand/The Hindu
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