Startup regional airlines face exodus of pilots

1. Startup regional airlines face
exodus of pilots

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• Startup regional airlines, especially those with
weak balance sheets, have started facing an
exodus of their pilots, who are headed to more
stable workplaces. These young airlines operate
the smaller turboprops and their pilots are mostly
expats.Air India's subsidiary Alliance Air, that has
a fleet of ATR turboprop aircraft, has inducted 10
pilots who quit two south India-based startup
airlines and is getting job applications from pilots
of smaller airlines regularly.

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• “We are going to induct 20 ATRs in our fleet in next two
ye ars. Next year, we will get 10 more ATR-72s and start
45 new flights,“ said Alliance Air spokesman Anil
Mehta, while confirming that the airline has seen an
inflow of expat pilots from regional startups and is
getting new job applications from pilots with small
airlines. Alliance Air will start new routes that will
connect metros to small cities under the Modi
government's viability gap funding scheme for
promoting regional connectivity . From next month it
will start flights from Delhi to Gujarat and Gorakh pur
and from Mumbai to Gwalior and Surat.

4. Contd...
• While startup airlines are witnessing an exodus of their
turboprop pilots, bigger airlines are facing the same
issue with their pilots.
• Jet Airways has also seen its ATR pilots leave in droves
to join other airlines where they will get to fly bigger
planes like Airbus A-320. Faced with a shortage of
Boeing 737 and turboprop co-pilots, Jet Airways has
decided to “buy back“ the approved privilege leave of
its pilots for the current financial year. Jet has offered
its pilots an “incentive pay“ if they fly for seven
consecutive days, apart from asking pilots to
“volunteer for duties on their off days“.

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