Archive for the ‘Career’ Category

Safety precautions to be taken with Ground Service equipment (GSE)

Roni Chacko Mathew There are safety precautions to be taken with Ground Service Equipment: Safety of aircrafts on ground and equipment deployed and moving around the aircrafts are of paramount importance, in view of aviation safety. Even, there are threats to safety of parked aircrafts and equipment...

February 25th, 2011 | Career | Read More

Curriculam Needs Face Lift

Travel & Tourism studies antiquated Marco Gorin, Head of Galileo & Worldspan, delivering key note address commented that syllabus of Aviation Studies in Travel & Tourism Courses being offered in Kerala’s Educational Sector needs serious update to catch up with sweeping changes that revamped...

February 25th, 2011 | Career, Featured | Read More

Airlines’ recruitment takes off again

Air India Express, Kingfisher and Jet Airways hiring talents under various categor Mumbai: Turnaround in the aviation industry has led to a fresh round of recruitment under various categories. For instance, Air India Express, the low-cost arm of flag carrier Air India, recently conducted interviews...

September 15th, 2010 | Career | Read More

Flight attendants face soaring tension in the unfriendly skies

Many flight attendants are fed up with being perceived as waiters or waitresses Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY Tensions between fliers and cabin crews are common in today’s increasingly unfriendly skies. After reportedly clashing with a passenger over an unwieldy bag last month, JetBlue flight attendant...

September 15th, 2010 | Career | Read More

IAF’s pilot selection process gets high-tech and ‘accurate’

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is making use of computerized mechanism developed by India’s defence scientists to ‘accurately’ evaluates the multi-tasking qualities of a pilot candidate, like psychomotor, information processing, coordination and visualisation skills, said Manas K. Mandal,...

August 16th, 2010 | Career | Read More

Salem airport an ideal training centre

A Deccan plane on Salem airport runway Salem: Salem airport is emerging as an ideal training centre for commercial pilots. Two leading academies have already begun preliminary operations of training their candidates. The two academies – Southern Pilot Training Academy, Salem in association with a...

August 16th, 2010 | Career | Read More

Air India go back on recruitment drive

NACIL, which owns Air India (AI), had invited applications for recruiting 40 type-rated copilots to fly the Boeing-737s only to cancel the same after a few days. The company has now posted a terse letter on Air India website saying the advertisement had been cancelled and hence no cognisance shall be...

August 16th, 2010 | Career | Read More

Flying out in to the limitless sky

Convocation of Speedwings Aviation Academy held on 30th July Mr. Sunil Chopra lighting the Pedestal Lamp the traditional way surrounded by Mr. Biji Eapen, Mr. Sunil Kishen, Mr. Gurjit Gill and Mr. Jakannathan Kochi: The 29th Convocation Ceremony of Speedwings Aviation Academy was held at Hotel International,...

August 16th, 2010 | Career | Read More

Coast Guard recruiting commercial pilots

Chennai: Coast Guard has started recruiting commercial pilot licenceholders to fly its aircraft on a shortterm contract basis. Earlier, Coast Guard used to induct them for permanent posts. The requirement is because Coast Guard is to acquire 12 Dornier planes, three singleengine helicopters and a few...

August 16th, 2010 | Career | Read More

DGCA gets tough with institutes

Mumbai: Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has directed the DGCA to audit all engineering, flight and crew training institutes. Authorities will finalise new rules on pilots’ flight duty and rest periods A team of DGCA officials and experts will be set up to this end. The team will assess and approve...

August 16th, 2010 | Career | Read More
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