Air India Express is under a recruitment ban. The following was copied from the IFALPA web site:
"Request for Mutual Assistance – IPG (India)
As you will be aware; IFALPA issued a Recruitment Ban in respect of Air India some time ago after the company suspended the bargaining rights of the Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG). However, Air India has sought to circumvent the ban by recruiting into its subsidiary companies Air India Charters Limited (AICL) and Air India Express (AIX), and is also using agencies such as Rishworth and Sigmar Aviation. The IPG has therefore requested that we make clear that the Recruitment Ban applies to all companies in the Air India group.
Air India is also scouting the world for simulator training and therefore the IPG has additionally requested the Denial of Training Facilities.
I would therefore be grateful if you could update this request from the IPG for implementation of the following Mutual Assistance Policies:
Request for Recruitment Ban (I Manual 2.4.2)
Request for Denial of Training Facilities (I Manual 2.4.3)"