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Topic: Pilots

Pilots, cabin crew won’t fly for 48 hours after getting Covid vaccine shot, says DGCA

DGCA says if Covid-19 symptoms remain for over 14 days, a medical examination will be conducted to see if the crew is fit for flying.

Grounded pilots without practice spark safety fears for some airlines

Pilots aren’t getting enough opportunity to fly because airlines have grounded planes & scaled back operations due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

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.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.