Indi Go

[Never Down]

Hallo.Actually I fly in a italian Company and I receive an offer to join IndiGo as F/O of A320.
What do you think about?
Do someone had experience with IndiGo, and can give me any information about the Company?
Thank You.

[Indfly]

Hi

Its a Start up Airline not yet started.The management is of Businessmen and a few Aviation professionals.Most of their Administrative issues still have not been sorted out

[gangsta]

I'm an indian,, got an offer for fo's position.. can anybody give more info of airline and its future..
cheers

[haree]

Its a Start up Airline not yet started

Sorry Indfly.. i think you better start reading newspapers now.

Indigo has started and already has some 6 aircrafts in its inventories.. sorry no idea about Pilot life although the pay is one of the highest... and last information i heard is that they're not recruiting any fresh CPL holders.

[hpcock]

They seem to be a good outfit - for pilots with some commercial experience. The low down at the moment is you need to have either a TR or a min of 100 hrs on type if you have only between 500-1000hrs TT. If you have +1000hrs, you only need a TR but they do asess how many ME hrs you have.

They are doing all their TR training (refreshing) with Gecat or Storm both based in the UK.

For a more direct answer to what they are doing - have a chat with Cpat Shakti Lomba - head of ops & recruitment.

Good luck
HPC

[boeingdream787]

Hi hp.
Now i do believe that Indigo is quite a good outfit to fly for,especially if u have the experience to back you.However,I have heard numerous rumours about this Capt Shakti Loomba that you mentioned earlier,which i'm sure you would be interested in.About him being extremely rude to Experienced pilots .Please understand that this is not my view but that of a number of my colleagues who have tried for and been offered Captain positions in Indigo.

Would be worth thinking about this before taking up a position in Indigo.Would also be worthwhile for the Indigo managment to reconsider handing him the controls of the company,and maybe invistigating his past thoroughly before they ever(if) do so.This is REALLY serious buisness and should be thoroughly looked into,before he re-establishes himself as King of the jungle and starts his nefarious activities again....:=
Cheers now.Happy holidays.

[southflyer]

Indigo.....

Rakeesh, could that be you at it again?????

:yuk:

[hpcock]

Hey B787dream

Thanks for the info on this dude. I'm not flying for them, but did indulge in a bit of dialogue with him at the time when I was doing the rounds for recruitment.

He seemed like a nice bloke then, but alas I shall never know what lies beneath his evil ways!!

Thanks for the tip
HPC

btw.. Southwest - who's Rakeesh?

[gangsta]

ppl i think jealous or scared of one man.. but i think this guy is not the company.. pilots want there own way to rule the ops.. basically ppl from india's most liberal airline.. any way can anybody put some light on managment..
cheers

[typhoonpilot]

btw.. Southwest - who's Rakeesh?

Rakesh Gangwal, the ex-President of USAirways. He and Stephen Wolf ran the company into the ground by their pocket lining venture to have United buy the company. They spent $1 Billion ( yes, that's Billion with a B ) buying back USAirways stock to inflate the shares. That money could have been used to fund the pension and keep the company solvent after 9-11. Rakesh, Stephen, and Larry Nagin walked away with tens of millions of dollars each. The employees were left holding the bag. :mad: :{

Lessons learned. Rono Duta the other Indian involved on the United end is also working in India, he's with Sahara. They'll both be up to their dirty tricks again. I wouldn't count on Indigo as a long term career. Rakesh will have it sold in due course. :(


Typhoonpilot

[Left Wing]

its amazing your resume says you sank an airline and here comes a new start up in india and these guy hire these "experts" as CEO's ???????

Whats wrong with indian management, or are these guys trying the .com model build a brand and sell to Jet airways....:= := :=

[jethrotull]

Rakesh Gangwal, the ex-President of USAirways. He and Stephen Wolf ran the company into the ground by their pocket lining venture to have United buy the company. They spent $1 Billion ( yes, that's Billion with a B ) buying back USAirways stock to inflate the shares. That money could have been used to fund the pension and keep the company solvent after 9-11. Rakesh, Stephen, and Larry Nagin walked away with tens of millions of dollars each. The employees were left holding the bag. :mad: :{

Lessons learned. Rono Duta the other Indian involved on the United end is also working in India, he's with Sahara. They'll both be up to their dirty tricks again. I wouldn't count on Indigo as a long term career. Rakesh will have it sold in due course. :(


Typhoonpilot
Both Rono and Rakesh have worked their way up from a humble background past the Glass ceiling in the U.S. Corporate world. Rakesh was head hunted by U.S. Airways from Air France where he was credited with turning around the socialist basket case airline into a successful major that is now EUs largest full service airline. Rakesh is presently the CEO of Worldspan and is also on the board of few Fortune500 companies. Below is a link to his profile on Wahrton Business Schools web page.
http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/alum_mag/issues/fall1998/alumni_profile_1.html

Rono was Rakesh's senior right thru college in India, BAH, UAL where they departed as Rono went on to become the CEO of UAL. He was credited with creating United Services a Stand alone Engg co, this co has been successfull in the post 9/11 meltdown. He was given the contract to sell SAHARA Airlines a loss making venture, he did a brilliant job wherein the Sahara was valued at close to $700m (way above its real value) and Jet Airways its nearest rival went ahead to purchase it for just over $500m.

Both these exec have a good track record especially Rakesh, and the team at Indigo includes Riyaz PeerMohammed he is the man credited with raising the Finance for Emirates $20B fleet acquisition. Recently Morgan Stanley -IIRC, had done a forecast of India's airlines and had placed Indigo in the second position based on market share following completion of fleet acquisition. Indigo is undoubtedly the place to be in based on it management strength, however don't expect them to pamper the whims and fancies of school drop-outs that ended up being pilots.