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Saturday 19 January 2013

Air India Pilot Captain Smriti Trehan faces the sack after refusing to Fly direct Flight to Delhi as she'd arranged to pick up her favourite Kachori En Route





An Air India pilot faces suspension after ignoring last-minute orders to change flights because she had arranged to pick up her favourite snack Kachori along her original route.
Captain Smriti Trehan refused to switch her scheduled Mumbai-Jodhpur-Delhi flight to a later direct flight between Mumbai and Delhi, according to reports.
The pilot wanted to fly via Jodhpur, as she had arranged for the city's famous onion kachoris to be delivered to the Airport.

Peckish: Captain Smriti Trehan reportedly refused to switch her scheduled Air India Mumbai-Jodhpur-Delhi flight to a later direct flight between Mumbai and Delhi, as she had planned to stop in Jodhpur to collect food
Trehan, from Delhi, was staying at a Mumbai hotel when she was ordered to change flights, according to the Times of India.
Her original flight had been scheduled for 12pm but she was asked to switch to a 2pm flight.
She ignored the orders and turned up to the airport for her original job, informing operators that she did not intend to change her plans.


Her refusal caused chaos among Air India staff as they scrambled to find a replacement pilot, delaying the Mumbai-Delhi flight by an hour.
Sources said that the pyaz kachoris was successfully delivered to Captain Trehan at Jodhpur airport and she took off for Delhi without delay.
Senior officials were reportedly made aware of the incident, immediately ordering an inquiry.



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Friday 28 December 2012

Pilot, Captain Frank Schurgers, walked away When Skybolt 29 crashed off Lido Key last week. Flying from Venice Municipal Airport.




Plane crash off Lido Key; Pilot walks away with scratch


A 2003 bright yellow Skybolt 29 crashed off Lido Key last week. The pilot, Frank Schurgers, walked away with only a minor scrape on his forehead.
Schurgers set out for a day of flying from Venice Municipal Airport. Enjoying a beautiful, cloudless, low-wind day that he thought would end with nothing but a few more hours on his log and some great memories, however, things didn’t go as planned.
Fifteen minutes into his flight while heading north over the waters off Lido Key, Schurgers stated the bi-plane’s engine stopped. Schurgers crash-landed into the shallow waters offshore. A lifeguard on a water scooter ferried the pilot to the beach.
The small aircraft’s pilot was the only person on board; he was not injured.
The single-engine plane was partially submerged in about six feet of water about 400 yards offshore.  And, according to Schurgers, the plane held approximately 17–18 gallons of fuel in the 29-gallon fuel tank and six gallons of oil.
Within what Schurgers described as minutes, rescue personnel along with watercraft and land vehicles arrived to rescue him.
According to witnesses the plane turned toward the beach and kept descending. It leveled off at about 50 feet, flew straight, then tilted left and cart-wheeled into the water.
Sarasota Marine Patrol Officer Bruce King attached a line to the plane and dragged it as close to the shoreline as his vessel would allow, at which point a land vehicle attached a line and dragged the plane onto the beach.
According to Schurgers the open cockpit bi-plane weighs 1,300 pounds empty. With fuel and a pilot it weighs roughly 1,800 pounds.
The cause of the plane’s malfunction is not known at this time. Schurgers stated that the plane had just passed an inspection approximately three weeks earlier.



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Monday 22 October 2012

Kingfisher Airlines offers to pay three months' salaries

Mumbai: Even as aviation minister Ajit Singh told NDTV that it was "'unrealistic" to expect Kingfisher Airline to fly again, talks with between the troubled carrier's management and employees ended inconclusively this evening. "Kingfisher has taken its employees for a ride," Mr Singh told NDTV. (Unrealistic to expect Kingfisher to fly again, says Ajit Singh)

The management has offered to pay salaries for three months, in a staggered manner, over October and November and has given the employees till Thursday to get revert. But the employees refused the offer so far. They are demanding that at least four months' salary be given to them for them to consider returning to work.Pilots as well as engineers were part of this meeting. (Kingfisher crisis: Top 10 Developments)

"We have talked about there being three (months') salaries to be paid before Diwali. We will know the logistics, but the intention is everyone should be back at work in a day or two," Aggarwal told reporters."We expect employees will be at work by October 26," he said.


Kingfisher Airlines' licence suspended by aviation regulator

While Mr Aggarwal seemed confident that most employees will return to work, a section of the workers remain equally adamant. "So many times in the previous times, you haven't kept by your word. How do we trust that you will give our dues? Give us four months salaries, that was our demand, we will come and resume the work," said SC Mishra, the spokesperson for the engineers in the airline. "One employee's wife has already committed suicide due to sheer pressure. How many dead bodies do you want to see?," he said.

What could create a problem for the employees on strike is that there seems to be a split between the pilots and the rest of the staff. Sources within Kingfisher told NDTV that at least 80 per cent employees are unhappy with the management's offer, but if there is a split, then they might have to give in to the pressure. Employees are likely to meet the management again tomorrow for  a "final offer".

Kingfisher's licence was suspended on Saturday after it failed to address the civil aviation regulator's concerns about its operations, forcing the debt-laden carrier to stop taking bookings. The carrier is seven months behind on salary payment.

Today's meeting was the first one between the two sides after Kingfisher Airlines' licence was suspended on Saturday after it failed to address airline regulator Dirctorate General of Civil Aviation's concerns about its operations, forcing the debt-laden carrier to stop taking bookings.

Controlled by Vijay Mallya - the self-styled "King of Good Times" - and seven months behind on salary payments among other missed bills, Kingfisher's fleet has been grounded since the start of the month when a staff protest turned violent. The airline, which has never made a profit since being founded in 2004 and reeling under $1.4 billion of debt, will have its licence reinstated if it provides a plan that satisfies the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

The company's steep decline has underlined the problems of operating in India's airline sector, where players grappling with rising fuel costs face aggressive pricing caused by overcapacity.

The suspension signalled the regulator's lack of patience with Kingfisher after months of cancelled flights and staff walkouts, and marked a rare tough stance by the government against a high-profile corporate. "The actual position is not changed because of this order," Kingfisher said in a statement. "We have, in any case, always maintained that once the issues with the employees are resolved, we will first present our resumption plan to DGCA for review, before resuming operations".

Mr Mallya, a liquor baron who owns a Formula 1 motor-racing team, is famous for lavish parties at his $16 million beachside villa in Goa and also his company's annual swimsuit calendar.

The licence suspension, until further notice, was announced by Arun Mishra, director general at the DGCA.The move had been widely expected after Kingfisher failed to respond properly to queries from the regulator regarding its ability to provide a "safe, efficient and reliable service".

"The suspension of Kingfisher's licence is unfortunate but not unexpected," Amber Dubey, director, aerospace and defence at KPMG India, said in a statement. "Kingfisher's ability to bounce back from this situation appears challenging."

Kingfisher's troubles will likely help rivals such as Indigo and SpiceJet  by lowering capacity on key routes. The airline had said on Friday it expected to begin flying again on November 6 if the government approved its plan to resume operations. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation has said a fully funded turnaround for Kingfisher would cost at least $1 billion.






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