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India Wants Foreign Pilots Out By 2013
“The deadline set for the foreign pilots to leave India is December 2013. We hope by then India can do without foreign pilots,” says E.K. Bharat Bhushan, head of the country’s airline regulator. The country’s airlines would save large amounts on labor costs by making the move because foreign pilots, who account for almost 20% of pilots employed by Indian air carriers, are paid higher salaries than their Indian counterparts, Bhushan says. At the moment, 415 foreign pilots are employed in the… (www.aviationweek.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
WOW, Maybe the US can take a lesson from this and save some american jobs from the illegals. India can take people in the country legally and get rid of them and we can't take illegals out of ours period. What is wrong with that picture:)
Maybe we should look at this in a different way.....and apply the same thinking to all the foreign doctors in this country!!
Isn't this the country that is having problems with locally recruited flight deck crew that have phoney licences? I am just grateful that I don't have to travel as a passenger in Indian and several other countries.
Many of the aspiring pilots are in the states learning. Here in Florida. most of the schools cater to Indian and Asian students.
I had a 3 month stint in India. Great experience, but a system that is so far behind, I think the Wright Bros. had something to do with its establishment.Has anyone else been told by ATC to orbit indefinately?
I had a 3 month stint in India. Great experience, but a system that is so far behind, I think the Wright Bros. had something to do with its establishment.Has anyone else been told by ATC to orbit indefinately?
Old story, they use us then crap on us !
No, but when inquiring about the weather, expecting temperature, wind speed, direction, and pressure, ATC advised me "The weather is fine, come on in." India, what a country! A million years of history, 3 days of progress.