90 Spicejet Pilots barred from operating flights
“For the moment, we have barred these pilots from flying the max and they have to retain successfully for flying the aircraft”, DGCA chief Arun Kumar said in a statement.
New Delhi: Citing lack of training, the Indian aviation regulator DGCA has barred 90 Spicejet Pilots from operating Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
“For the moment, we have barred these pilots from flying the max and they have to retain successfully for flying the aircraft”, DGCA chief Arun Kumar said in a statement.
“Strict action against those found responsible for the lapse”, The pilots will have to undergo training again, in a proper manner, on the Max simulator.
As reported in NDTV, the Boeing 737 Max planes were grounded in India by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA on March 13, 2019, three days after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max aircraft near Addis Ababa, which killed 157 people, including four Indian.
"SpiceJet has 650 pilots trained on the Boeing 737 Max. The DGCA had an observation on the training profile followed for 90 pilots, and therefore, as per the advice of the DGCA, SpiceJet has restricted 90 pilots from operating the Max aircraft, until these pilots undergo re-training to the satisfaction of the DGCA. These pilots continue to remain available for other Boeing 737 aircraft," the spokesperson said.
