Interesting news report states that Spicejet has asked 50 B737 Captains to leave at the end of the month (Dec 31, 2014). These Capts had apparently turned in their resignation earlier in the year and were simply serving their "forced" six month notice period. They could have joined 9W or 6E earlier had it not been for this notice period. Now they will be out of a job at the end of the year and will have to wait until their projected training slots open (based on their given notice period). I personally feel DGCA has no right to dictate such notice periods. I expect there will be a complete management change after the new year from the CEO, VP Ops etc.