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NEW DELHI, India – The Directorate General of Civil Aviation may make it mandatory for airlines to conduct psychometric tests on pilots during recruitment and at regular intervals after hiring them. NEW DELHI, India – The Directorate General of Civil Aviation may make it mandatory for airlines to conduct psychometric tests on pilots during recruitment and at regular intervals after hiring them. The recommendations were made by a committee headed by joint director general Lalit Gupta, which was formed by the DGCA. The panel was asked to suggest ways to curb incidents similar to the Germanwings copilot, who earlier this year slammed an Airbus 320 into an Alpine ridge at about 650 km an hour, killing all 150 on board, after allegedly suffering a bout of depression. ....
2020 saw a sharp drop in reported air safety violations due to reduction in flights and curbs on breath analyser tests. Around 250 aviation employees failed breath analyser tests in 2018 and 2019 and the cases declined to 92 in 2020. Similarly, there were zero cases of allowing unauthorised entry into cockpit and violation of cockpit and cabin discipline, the civil aviation ministry said in its response to the Lok Sabha last week. Domestic air travel was suspended for two months during the nationwide lockdown. Air travel resumed in calibrated manner on May 25 with restrictions on capacity. As a result, the number of flights halved and the number of passengers fell 56 per cent on a year-on-year basis. ....
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Bidders Take a Flyer on Debt-Ridden Air India Bidders Take a Flyer on Debt-Ridden Air India Comments Off on Bidders Take a Flyer on Debt-Ridden Air India TAMIL NADU A number of bidders including the original owner are vying to breathe new life into debt-ridden Air India. Over the years, the government-owned national carrier has accumulated debt of over INR 58,000 ($7.8 billion). In addition to selling 100 percent stake in the stressed airline, the government is also unloading Air India Express as well as a 50 percent stake in Air India’s cargo and baggage handling service. Now, India’s largest conglomerate, Tata Group which founded Air India as Tata Airlines in 1932 is among the bidders for the beleaguered airline. Tata’s bid is reported to be submitted through AirAsia India, which it owns jointly with AirAsia Malaysia. ....
Tatas likely to face turbulence while managing Air India: Experts December 17, 2020 × Tata Sons will find it difficult to turn around Air India, even though there are synergies between group companies and the Indian airline. “Whoever acquires Air India will need to put in tens of thousands of crores of capital to clean up the balance sheet; pay off liabilities that come with the airline; and to fix, grow, and bring the airline to a point where it can be a meaningful and an effective global competitor,” Sanjiv Kapoor, former chief strategy and commercial officer, Vistara and former COO, Spicejet told ....