{"id":554,"date":"2008-02-23T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/avicareers\/?p=554"},"modified":"2008-02-23T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T10:08:00","slug":"jetlite-tweaks-salary-of-pilots-to-slash-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/2008\/02\/jetlite-tweaks-salary-of-pilots-to-slash-costs.html","title":{"rendered":"JetLite tweaks salary of pilots to slash costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">New Delhi:<\/span> JetLite, the low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways, has &#8216;rationalised&#8217; pilot salaries. Now they will have to fly 50% more for either the same salary or marginally more. Sources say this trend is likely to catch on, as almost all airlines are deep in red.<br \/>&#8220;Our commanders used to get about Rs 3.50 lakh per month for flying 50 hours a month. Now we will pay them Rs 4 lakh for flying 75 hours a month,&#8221; JetLite COO Rajiv Gupta said. While commanders are still in short supply and a precious lot, co-pilots \u00e2\u20ac\u201d being churned out in dozens at flight academies around the world \u00e2\u20ac\u201d will feel the pinch. &#8220;Earlier they used to get about Rs 2.03 lakh per month for flying 50 hours. Now they will get Rs 2.05 lakh for flying 75 hours,&#8221; Gupta said. The airline feels this is a &#8220;win-win&#8221; situation for both pilots and the company.<br \/>Facing mounting losses and a long queue of fresh co-pilots knocking at doors, Indian domestic carriers are now cutting human resource costs.<br \/>With more domestic and international flights (including new services to Gulf) in the offing, &#8216;cheaper&#8217; pilots will make a big difference to the bottomline.<br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">22\/02\/08 Saurabh Sinha\/Times of India<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: JetLite, the low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways, has &#8216;rationalised&#8217; pilot salaries. Now they will have to fly 50%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}