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Topic: Pilots

Singapore Airlines pilots say yes to upto 60% pay cuts to save their jobs

Earlier this month, Singapore Airlines said it will cut about 4,300 jobs. The company had put staff on unpaid leave, and crew not flying stopped receiving flight allowances.

I trained IAF’s 1st batch of women pilots. ‘Gunjan Saxena’ gets a lot wrong

When the first batch of women pilots arrived at the Air Force Station at Yelahanka in 1994, they were treated no differently by the IAF. Unlike what ‘Gunjan Saxena’ shows.

We have substitute pilots, Air India tells HC after fired pilots seek re-employment

Air India had fired over 40 pilots who submitted their resignations over non-payment of salaries but later withdrew them. The pilots have moved the Delhi HC over the matter.

Maharashtra’s #BabyPenguin situation and Centre’s ‘pilot’ conundrum

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

No salaries in April-May for Spicejet pilots, only hours flown-based pay for cargo flights

The budget carrier has a total of 116 passenger planes and five freight aircraft in its fleet, out of which only 16% are currently operational.

DGCA extends pilots’ licences nearing expiry by 90 days in view of coronavirus

DGCA has also extended the validity of medical assessment certificates, aircraft rating certificates, skill test certificates due to the lockdown.

US pilots sue Boeing for ‘rushing’ unsafe 737 Max into market

The lawsuit & public criticism from Southwest’s pilots undermine Boeing’s effort to rebuild confidence in 737 Max after months of bruising publicity.

The only woman warrior in Kargil War flew her Cheetah helicopter without fear

Gunjan Saxena operated in the area spanning Kargil–Tololing– Batalik. She conducted around 10 sorties over a period of 20 days during the Kargil War.

Travel boom in India & Asia could take a hit as pilot shortage worsens

Airlines such as IndiGo, Air Asia have had to cut flights daily with pilots exhausting their annual limit of flying hours.

Boeing didn’t warn of 737 feature tied to deadly crash, US pilots say

US unions say aviators need to know of changes affecting safety

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.