10 Jet Airways Pilots Grounded; Demand for DGCA Official's Removal

As many as 10 pilots of the Jet Airways have been kept out of flying duties, and their mistake - quoting incorrectly the designation of a senior DGCA official in a communique.

A communication, sent to the aviation watchdog opposing the proposal to increase the notice period for pilots to one year, in which the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official's designation was written incorrectly, seems to have backfired with an 'arbitrary' regulatory action against them, sources



said.

A response to a query sent to the Jet Airways on the issue is awaited. The NAG said:

The DGCA official has ordered, albeit illegally, to de- roster more than 10 commanders at extremely short notice allegedly to ascertain their mental capabilities. We, the pilots of National Aviators Guild, ICPA, IPG (the pilots associations of Air India) in conjunction with the Airline Pilots Association of India, plan to approach the PMO with a petition for his removal from the office of the DGCA.