Lok Sabha Question No. 1093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Unemployed CPL Holders
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1093 December 2017) 21st

(To be answered on the

Unemployed CPL Holders

## 1093. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

to state:be pleased

- (0) whether the number of unempleyed Indian Commercial Pilot Licence
2. the last (c) the number of "foreign piots employed by Aviation Companies over five years, airlinelyear-wise;
3. (CPL) holders has increased over the last five years;
4. to establish a to develop home(d) whether the Government proposes is minimized; and system pilots

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) over the The number of foreign employed by Aviation Companies iast five years is at Annexure 1, pilots

have been directed to on expatriate to Accerdingly operators irain and upgrade the inducted Indiano reduce the number of expatriate and submit the out programme to DGCA on a regular basis  The details % Phased out foreigv as per submitted by Airlines/ Operators in the year 2017 is at out programme Annexure 2. pilots pilots. phase pilots pilots phase

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## Annexurel

## AirlinelOperator wise details ofFATA Jlast five years for

| OPERATOR                     | No. of Foreign Pilot employed as On 31st 2013 Dec,   | No. of Foreign Pilot employed Dec2014   |   No. of Foreign Pilot employed as On 31st Dec,2015 | No. of Foreign Pilot employed as on 31st Dec,2016   | No. of Foreign Pilot employed as On ist Dec,2017   |
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| AIR INDIA CHARTERS LIMITED   | 15                                                   | 12                                      |                                                  09 | 37                                                  | 26                                                 |
| JET AIRWAYS                  | 94                                                   | 96                                      |                                                  79 | 130                                                 | 45                                                 |
| SPICEJET                     | 21                                                   | 07                                      |                                                  05 | 05                                                  | 20                                                 |
| BLUE DART                    | 05                                                   | 05                                      |                                                  04 | 05                                                  | 03                                                 |
| INDIGO AIRLINES              | 47                                                   | 66                                      |                                                  92 | 75                                                  | 59                                                 |
| ALLIANCE AIR                 | 10                                                   | 08                                      |                                                  10 | 38                                                  | 40                                                 |
| AIR ASIA                     | NIL                                                  | 03                                      |                                                  06 | 03                                                  | 19                                                 |
| AIR COSTA                    | NIL                                                  | 24                                      |                                                  12 | 10                                                  | NIL                                                |
| TATA SIA (VISTARA) AIRLINES  | NIL                                                  | Nil                                     |                                                  02 | Nil                                                 | 03                                                 |
| GO AIRLINES                  | NIL                                                  | Nil                                     |                                                  14 | 08                                                  | 06                                                 |
| TURBO MEGA AIRWAYS           | NIL                                                  | Nil                                     |                                                  05 | 07                                                  | 13                                                 |
| AIR PEGASUS                  | NIL                                                  | Nil                                     |                                                  04 | Nil                                                 | NIL                                                |
| NON SCHEDULE/OTHER OPERATORS | 75                                                   | 48                                      |                                                  38 | 60                                                  | 15                                                 |
| TOTAL                        | 267                                                  | 269                                     |                                                 280 | 378                                                 | 249                                                |

## Annexure 2

## phase outprogrammesubmittedby of\_phase out foreign pilots as per Details airlineloperator\_inyear2012

| Sl:   | Operator                                    | Number of Indian as PIC /Co-pilot pilots upgraded   | Number of Indian as PIC /Co-pilot pilots upgraded   | Number of foreign pilots phase out   |
|-------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Sl:   | Operator                                    | PIC                                                 | Co-pilot                                            |                                      |
| 1     | Air India Express Limited                   | 33                                                  | 44                                                  | 13                                   |
| 2     | Airline Allied Services Ltd. (Alliance Air) | 05                                                  | 29                                                  | 04                                   |
|       | Jet Airways (India) Ltd                     | 47                                                  | 94                                                  | 52                                   |
| 3     | (Jet Airways)                               | 154                                                 | 331                                                 | 15                                   |
| 4     | Aviation Interglobe (Indigo) Ltd ,          | 53                                                  | 52                                                  | NIL                                  |
| 5     | Spice Jet Ltd. (Spice Jet)                  | 70                                                  | 140                                                 | NIL                                  |
| 6     | Air Asia                                    |                                                     | 00                                                  | NIL                                  |
| 7     | GO Airlines (India) Ltd. (Go Air)           | 04                                                  |                                                     |                                      |