An Iron Rice Bowl
Aser,
PHHL is 78.5% Govt owned and 21.5% by ONGC a public sector Indian petroleum company.
They have been around 23 years. They have a lot of good equipment and are getting some more. They don’t have to worry about being commercial and with their parentage will always have a contract. Working for them is regarded by many as an ‘iron rice bowl’, as long as you don’t step out of line.
They employ a lot of retired senior air force officers (pilots and management) and so are quite hierarchical. I don’t know whether foreign pilots get equal opportunity to get a command, but I somehow I doubt it.
If you hate bureaucracy then it is probably not for you.