New Delhi: BJP’s youngest spokesperson, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has found an alternative profession as a commercial pilot with a license to fly the mammoth A320. On November 16, Rudy qualified to fly the jet airliner Airbus 320.Though the former civil aviation minister vehemently denies any connection between the BJP’s declining political fortunes and his...
Few jobs are more glamorous than that of a pilot —unless one is a movie star, and even they look coolest when they have aviator glasses on.A pilot’s pay packet is fat and the perks include a good life and foreign trips. However, a lot of work goes into becoming this elegant being who...
Hyderabad: GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) and Airports Council International, (ACI World) Geneva, have signed an agreement for the appointment of the GMR Aviation Academy as a Global Training Hub for the Asia Pacific region.The agreement was signed in Hyderabad today, by Mr. Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Business Chairman, Airports, GMR Group and Ms....
Jet Airways has invited applications for the posts of Type Rated – Line Captain ATR 72-500, Trainee Commanders and Synthetic Flight Instructors (based in Mumbai).For both the positions of ATR Captain and Trainee Commanders the candidates should have an incident / accident free flying record and a class I medical.Applicants for the post of...
The list of candidates admitted for Pilot Licence Examination Oct2009-Regular Session is published at the DGCA site.The examinations are to held at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai etc. on 9, 10 & 11 December 2009 Admitted candidates list Rejected List1 Rejected List2 Details of exam schedule and venue Result of AME Licence Examination (October 2009)...
Mumbai: After a year-long freeze, the country’s largest private carrier Jet Airways has started recruiting pilots to man proposed expansion of operations. The Naresh Goyal-controlled company, which withdrew its decision to sack 1,900 cabin crew following political pressure in November last year, is understood to be looking at hiring 25-30 Indian pilots, said a...
Chennai: Even in his wildest flights of imagination, Wing Commander S Sajan had never seen his career in the Indian Air force bestowing such a privilege on him – commanding a plane with the First Woman to fly a fighter aircraft. While he agrees that flying the President of India would perhaps not figure...
Bangalore: As top aviation companies such as Boeing and Airbus intensify efforts to leverage India as their maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hub, experts say it will create a large number of jobs for skilled professionals in the country over next 10 years.“With the current fleet size expected to reach 612 planes by 2015...
Dubai: The UAE-based aviation institute, Academy of Technical Training (ATT), will soon lend its industry expertise to airline personnel in Italy and India, officials said.The only Middle East institute that provides aviation courses as its core business, it will set up another training institute in India next month in a joint venture with a...
What does it take to give Amdavad’s greatest sporting hero — the nine-time World Billiards Champion Geet Sethi — a new high? Answer: Flying an aircraft.Ahmedabad Mirror can confirm that if all goes well, Sethi will get his private pilot’s licence (PPL) in two months. It’s been more than a year since 48-year-old Sethi...