Lok Sabha Question No. 3381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Recruitment of Staff by  Air India
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: GANESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIA TION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3381 March 2018)

(To be answered on the

## RECRUITMENT OF STAFF BY AIR INDIA

3381.

SHRI GANESH SINGH

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

.

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether an Internal Staff Notice was issued in January, 2016 for recruitment from permanent staff of Air India holding a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) to be inducted as trainee for A-320 Aircraft; pilots
- (b) if s0, the detail thereof along with criteria adopted for internal staff of Air India;
- (c) whether candidates were asked to obtain A-320 endorsement at their own cost from any training establishment outside Air India, despite Air India, having all the said facilities in-house, if the details thereof; SO,
- (d) whether permanent employees of Air India were asked to and rejoin on contract basis and if so;.the reasons therefor along with DoPT guidelines in this regard; and resign
- (e) whether candidates within Air India would be absorbed by the Government as on permanent basis and with their last drawn salary and if s0, the details thereof? pilots

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) and (b): Employment Notice No.02 of 2016 dated 13.01.2016 was issued exclusively for permanent serving employees of Air India Limited who were CPL Holders. The following eligibility criteria was adopted in the said recruitment exercise:

Academic Qualifications: (i) 10+2 from a recognised Board/ University: (i) Upper Age Limit: 48 years for General candidates, 53 years for SCIST and 51 years for OBC candidates:

Technical Qualifications: i) Current CPLIATPL ii) Current Flight Radio Telephone iii) Current CO.PIRTR iv) Current Class-[ Medical v) Valid ELP on CPLIATPL vi) Multi-engine Endorsement with a minimum of 25 hours on Multi-engine aircraft (10 hours completed on an approved m ulti-engine Simulator) vii) Instrument rating on Multi-engine aircraft AlI the eligible candidates were required to appear for a Psychometric Test which was Qualifying stage. Candidates  qualifying in the Psychometric Test were required to appear for a Technical Knowledge Test and those who gualify the same were empanelled on the basis of their marks in the Technical Knowledge Test:

- (c): As per terms of Staff Employment Notice, empanelled candidates were issued a letter of intent for A-320 Endorsement course from an approved TRTO (Type Rating Training Organization) anywhere in the world at their own cost and Expenses: Candidates were required to obtain A-320 Endorsement and thereafter to get the same endorsed on their Indian CPLIATPL within specified time period:

Air India?s own facility at Hyderabad for A 320 aircraft was utilized for training of pilots and there was no spare capacity available Hence, to speed up the recruitment process, the candidates were asked to their A 320 endorsement from an approved TRTO anywhere in the world. being get

- (d): The Board of Directors of Air India Limited in its 47th meeting held in July 2012\_had approved that all the Pilots in future would be taken on contract: In the recent recruitment exercises, all the selected permanent employees have resigned or taken voluntary retirement from the services of the Company, as per\_applicable Service Regulations, before joining training as Sr. Trainee Pilot/Trainee Pilot: All the serving employees selected in the previous recruitment exercises have also been appointed as Pilot on Fixed Term Contract:
- (e): From the year 2015 onwards, all the candidates for the post of Pilot are being appointed initially on Fixed Term Contract for a period of 05 years: However; Company has already made a policy for regularization of services of Pilots engaged on Fixed Term Contract after completion of 3 years and 2 months 0f service and o passing ATPL Papers.On appointment as Pilot; the salary drawn by these internal candidates will be more than their last drawn salary. being