By Admin 
Flaws in scheduling and rostering still continue in Air India, even though the regulator had reprimanded it on the same issue 5 months ago. In the latest case, a co-pilot and a senior captain have been removed from flying duty after the airline learned that they each operated a flight last month.
In one case, the English Language Proficiency (ELP) license had expired, while in the other case, a co-pilot had not cleared the Bi-Annual Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC) Instrument Rating (IR) test. Let us tell you that now DGCA is investigating these flaws and a report has been sought from the airline.
Co-pilot could not clear latest IR-PPC check
According to the report, the co-pilot had failed to clear his latest IR-PPC check. Although this is not a very unusual thing, but the pilot has to take mandatory corrective training before flying again. In this case, the co-pilot operated the flight without training and this mistake is being taken very seriously.
What did Air India say?
An Air India spokesperson said, ‘The case of the first officer operating the flight after unsatisfactory performance in the training check was detected as soon as the mistake was noticed. The crew scheduler and pilot have been off-roster. Further legal process has been initiated and a report has been made to DGCA.
Pilot off-roster
In the second case, a senior captain operated an A-320 flight as pilot-in-command despite his ELP license having expired. Let us tell you that ELP license is the basic requirement for a pilot to fly. Air India has said that a case of senior pilot operating a flight with an expired ELP has come to light. After this the pilot was off-roster and investigation is going on and report has been made to DGCA. Senior pilots say that these flaws raise questions on the oversight in Air India to ensure that only the right pilots come on the roster.
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