RS,
Thanks. Amongst a current fleet of something like 5 A320's they have the crewing for approx 1, if they bust the regulations then perhaps 2 but please note that the aircraft manufacture may be providing some of those pilots on a temporary basis. Air Deccan only have 1 A320 Training Captain of their own and it takes something like 100 sectors of line training to check-out a Captain in India,
If they just had one A320 parked then they could conceal it, if they admit to one being parked then in reality they have a lot more parked, in fact the majority of their fleet.
Yes, A320 & ATR pilots are going to other carriers in India, simply because they're offering a reasonable, even by Indian standards, salary, aren't trying to 'hoodwink' pilots into travelling to India to take up these positions whilst refusing to discuss T & C's and are recruiting via reputable agencies.
Try talking to the ex-army chappie at Deccan via email or phone, he's downright rude and thinks he's the first one to ever try to 'hoodwink' a pilot or agency. Perhaps Deccan will learn one day, probably be the same day that the lessors start to repossess their A320's & ATR's!
RS, but what salaries are Deccan offering, they won't discuss these with the pilots, are they actually offering a salary, where can this information be sourced and of course, if they employ the pilots directly then they will need to pay (a lot of) Indian tax.