Incidents like fire etc cant be blamed to the crew.. Infact they were real professional pilots.. But in indigo there is lot of back door entry and many incidents which usually don't make to headlines cuz of the kind of money and connections they have..for example
On 11 January 2011, Flight 333, piloted by Captain Parminder Kaur Gulati, landed nose-first at Goa International Airport, damaging the landing gear and putting the aircraft at risk of disintegration. Prior to the landing, the captain had caused the aircraft to descend too steeply, against the recommendations of aircraft manufacturer Airbus.[43] It was later discovered that the captain used forged papers to obtain an air transport pilot license (ATPL), after failing the test as many as seven times.[citation needed] She had also flown the return flight back to New Delhi when the aircraft's systems showed problems with the landing gear.[44]
Originally Posted by
Pulkdahulk
Let's not compare your US standards right now. That's because you've got so many people which is why there is a long waiting time; as a result your higher requirements.
People touch Dash 8, A320, B737, B757s right seat as low as 250 hours and not even one accident till date in the last seven years since the boom happened. Thus with right training, SOP procedures and experience, such matters can be served well.
We have captains who are as young as 24 flying left seat A320 ( Indigo Airlines has got over a 100 airplanes, Along with many other carriers ) that fly almost over 10 million passengers in a year in this country and around the world.
India of course is your biggest market now which is why the ME3 is also investing and wants to invest in shares in the airlines out here. EK also highly respects the Training Standards of Indigo Airlines per se.
It's amazing how the dynamics have changed.