The Centre on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that interests of employees of the state-owned carrier Air India would be protected and there would be no job loss till its
The government would secure a fair deal for all of its employees, Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri, said.
He also rejected recent reports suggesting that several pilots of Air India are leaving the airline as their salaries were not being paid on time.
Puri said 25 per
"There is full intention that before the
To a question, the Minister said the aviation sector requires around 100 more pilots every year and the government would upgrade its flying training academies to bridge the shortfall.
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"We are training around 350 pilots. We get some retired pilots from the Air Force and Navy personnel," he said.
The minister said, "We are in the process of upgrading our facilities so that instead of 350 or so pilots, we take this number by a few hundred".
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