Air Asia when it comes to hiring Pilots
This is an excerpt which appeared in the Sept 14 , 2013 Edition of Outlook Business Magazine on Air Asia India and Mittu Chandilya. I Felt it was very important to share it among us aviators
From the magazine-
Fernandes routinely spends one day a month carrying bags at this airline and on one such occasion , his fellow bag carrier was a young boy
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Who I realised was super smart " , recalls Fernandes . " I said, ' You should be a pilot ' , to which he replied , ' I left school at 13 ; I dont stand a chance ' .
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When the LCC started its first Cadet Pilot scheme in 2003 , of the 1st 18 cadets , 11 were from within the company and included check in assistants , engineering cabin crew and bag carriers .
The airline's existing pilots helped them study for the pilot exams and the boy Fernandes referred to scored the highest marks ever at the Malaysian Flying Academy.
Two months ago he became Captain
" You join the airline to carry bags and 8 years later you are the captain of an A320 . That changes the whole motivation of an organisation "
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