SpiceJet is now recruiting CPL holders to appoint as Non Type Rated Trainee First Officers for its Boeing 737 and Q-400 fleet. The airline is also looking for Trainee Captain / Transition Captain for its Q400 fleet. 1. Non Type…
Category: Pilots
Who was Mrs Sen? The search for the first woman to fly in India
India was introduced to aviation in the year 1910 – this much is known. According to most records, humans took the skies for the first time at an exhibition headlined by British aviator Walter Windham in Allahabad on December 10,…
Apply now to be a Trainee B737 NG Captian with Air India Express
Air India Express, the low cost arm of Air India, has invited applications from Type Rated Experienced B 737 NG Pilots for the post of Trainee Captain to fill up vacancies at different bases in their network. The selection will…
DGCA exams to licence pilots, engineers to go fully online
New Delhi: Wannabe pilots will soon be able to give Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) exams on demand, meaning whenever they wish to do so. The regulator is moving to a completely online examination system for issuing licences to…
Apply now to be an Alliance Air Co-Pilot
Air India’s regional service subsidiary Alliance Air has invited applications from Indian nationals to fill up vacancies of Co-Pilots for their ATR 72-600 fleet. Here are the details: Number of vacancies 10 (Gen 04, OBC-02, SC-02, ST-02). Place of postings…
Female pilots: Which airline has the highest number?
Globally, just 5.18% of commercial pilots are women, according to the Air Line Pilots Association International trade union. Indian airlines employ the highest proportion of female pilots at 12.4%. That’s according to the latest statistics from the International Society of…
Short of pilots, IndiGo asks ATR to defer delivery
Mumbai: IndiGo has asked aircraft manufacturer ATR to defer deliveries of its turboprop planes due to a shortage of pilots, said two people aware of the development, the first such postponement by the airline. India’s biggest airline by market share…
Meet Aarohi Pandit and Keithair Misquitta, the first women in the world to fly a Light Sport Aircraft from India to Greenland
Two young women in their tiny plane landed onto a runway at Karachi a few weeks ago, becoming the first women civilian pilots in India to undertake a circumnavigation of the globe in a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). Captains Aarohi…
Number of women pilots doubles to 1,000 in 4 yrs
New Delhi: “Watch out Mr Trump, all our ladies are headed your way!” This message had gone viral on Air India pilots’ WhatsApp groups a few months back when the airline celebrated Women’s day by having all-female crew on its…
Meet Ladakh’s Second Muslim Woman Pilot: Kaneez Fatima 24
Srinagar: Kaneez Fatima is Ladakh’s second woman pilot. She is 24. Soon after she completed her training, Air India hired her. Ladakh’s first Muslim pilot is Hina Masood who is already working with Air India. The rise of Kaneez Fatima…