Grounded Kingfisher co-pilots hope to soar high again with GoAir

Scores of jobless co-pilots from the defunct Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) on Thursday appeared for written tests conducted by GoAir. The job seekers ranged from those with minimum (300 hours) and maximum hours of flying experience on Airbus 320.
Eighty of the co-pilots in the fray were from KFA as both the airlines operate similar aircraft. The general norm has been that only freshers are subject to written tests, while experienced pilots simply attend a walk-in session and get through merit.
According to GoAir’s flight operations department, the airline is hiring captain and senior captain level staff. “It is a routine test. Presuming there are 10 pilots in the fray, we want to absorb the best among them. Hence the test,” a senior GoAir official said.
The pilots are sore that GoAir had conducted similar exams for experienced pilots on June 29, but never declared the results. “I am unable to understand what happened to that test. Were they completely dissatisfied with that lot?” asked a KFA pilot who had appeared for the previous test.
24/11/12 Aditya Anand/Mumbai Mirror