Jet Airways Hiring Experienced ATR 72 Pilots

[cyrilroy21]

Jet airways is looking for experienced ATR 72 Indian Pilots

Looking for both Type rated and Non type rated Captains

First officers need atleast 100 hours on type

Good Luck

Careers (http://www.jetairways.com/EN/IN/Careers/Careers.aspx)

[bluk]

Thank you for information !
Do you know if they plan to recruit some expats or only Indian nationals?

[cyrilroy21]

I believe at the moment they are looking primarily at Kingfisher Pilots since there are plenty of them who are ATR type rated with hours on type and not flying at present .

Secondly if you look at the requirements not many expats will have an Indian DGCA ATPL or RTR (A) .

[tolip111111]

They are hiring because they are short of crew on the ATR, because all the pilots who got rated on the ATR 600 series cannot fly the 42-500 and the 72-500.

[ZFT]

Jet don't operate 42-500 so I suspect your other info may well be incorrect too!

[tolip111111]

I was just trying to put across a point that you can fly both the 42-500 and the 72-500 with the dgca not having any issues, but if you are on the 600 series you cannot fly the former.

[benjaavpilot]

In an attempt to prune costs and navigate itself out of the turbulence in the Indian aviation sector, the nation's largest private airline, Jet Airways, has decided to terminate contracts of 72 of its high-cost expatriate pilots. The Naresh Goyal-promoted airline sent notices to a section of its expat pilots last week.
Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways said this was necessitated by a curtailed monsoon schedule and also the availability of pilots to tap from the local pool. "We are reducing the level of operations for the monsoon season (as we do every year) and speeding up the process of training qualified Indian pilots from co-pilots to captains. We are also looking to recruit qualified Indian pilots available in the market at the moment," Kardassis said.
The sacking of expat pilots, who until recently were a coveted resource for domestic airlines, is said to be the first and the biggest in Indian aviation. However, the firing exercise is unlikely to create a political storm as it involves only expats.
There are about 500 foreign pilots employed by Indian airlines, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said in a recent statement based on government data. He said Jet Airways employed the highest number of expats, with 183 pilots working for it. The number of expats hired by domestic airlines has gone up considerably from 384 in 2010. Jet topped the list even then with 111 expat pilots.
The government had allowed airlines to hire foreign air crew to meet the shortage of pilots, especially commanders. But due to agitation by Indian pilots for higher emoluments, it asked domestic airlines to phase out expats by July 31, 2011. It later extended the deadline to December 31, 2013.
Budget carrier SpiceJet relies heavily on expat pilots, who are said to enjoy a much higher compensation compared with Indian pilots for flying its Bombardier Q400 aircraft. There are hardly any Indian commanders available for flying these aircraft. :oh:

[Canuck15]

Old news my friend....this was published back in May 2012...