Air India Delhi-bound passengers stranded in Doha since Monday evening
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Air India Delhi-bound passengers stranded in Doha since Monday evening
Manju V / TNN / May 11, 2021, 19:14 IST
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MUMBAI: A total of 150 Air India passengers bound for Jaipur and Delhi are stranded in Doha airport since Monday evening after the aircraft met with a technical problem and the departure was delayed and by the time the aircraft was ready for the flight, the pilots’ limitation on flight duty time had kicked in.
Air India flight AI-1974 operating the Doha-Jaipur-Delhi route was scheduled to depart Doha at 8.45 pm.
An Air India spokesperson said that the flight was delayed due to technical reason. By the time, the aircraft was cleared for take off at 11.40pm, the cockpit crew had come under FDTL (Flight Time and Duty Limitation-norms that lay down the work and rest timings for pilots) and could not operate, said the Air India spoke
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By IANS| Published: 28th December 2020 3:25 pm IST
New Delhi, Dec 28 : Air India pilots’ associations has asked its members to maintain the printed weekly offs and not to change them.
“You are hereby directed to maintain CMS Printed Weekly Offs and Not to change your Printed Weekly Offs. This is for your kind information and strict compliance Contract co-pilots do not come under the purview of this directive Members are advised to contact office bearers in case of any doubts or clarification”, the Indian Pilots’ Guild and Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association said in a joint directive to Air India pilots.
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Thu, Dec 24 2020 03:31:54 PM
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS): Air India pilots have refused to accept the paltry 5 percent rollback in illegal pay cut and asked Air India CMD to donate it towards funds for building the Parliament or PM CARE.
In a letter to Rajiv Bansal, Air India Chairman and Managing Director, the two pilot associations Indian Pilots Guild and Indian Commercial Pilots Association said: We do not accept this paltry 5 percent rollback in an illegal pay cut and you may advise the concerned to donate this 5 per cent towards funds for building the Parliament or PM CARE .