...and the best part is, everyone seems to have forgotten the OP's simple question and have gone to a completely different topic. Man, i should visit PPRuNe more often than tumblr. :D:E

I will pay that one fliion.

Assessments are held to check the suitability of applicants. Experience is among the most important requirements, thus quite sensitive to correctness.

Definition of experience:

Having long been involved in assessing, any entity gains experience in it. The same applies to people exposed to the selected, be it in training or on the job later.

If such involvment or exposure generates some pattern in the memory bank of individuals or companies, then it is not racism if some groups are more noticable than others, it is simply another form of experience.

The cry of 'racism' is the cry of those unable to argue with fact. It's use, more often than not, is to destroy any discussion on a topic.

The simple fact is that India has a problem with fake licences, university degrees etc. That is not racist but simple fact.

Should companies still hire Indian pilots? Of course they should but I suspect they will simply look more closely at the candidate! For those Indians on this forum crying racism, if you are qualified then there will be no issue.

More tigers..less indians.

You guys have just blown out the issue out of proportion. Anyways carry on as you are so sure of yourself.

Can anyone remember when Pprune wasn't dominated by mindless drivel ?
Remember when we used to have polite and robust discussions about all things aviation?

Fake pilot scam in India.
 

So here we go again . Did someone bother to read the article on the 4000 fake pilots in India NDTV article dated 2011? It clearly mentions that the Indian DGCA carried out verification of all license holders(4000 + active airline pilots) after getting a few parker pen fakers .

Gents and one girl , that process is over , so u and EK can rest assured that the majority are in fact genuine but there will be no guarantee that they join EK seeing that India is finding it difficult to crew it's own aircraft and are on the verge of having a china like shortage of experienced airmen in the near future ( my prediction ...watch this space).

Anybody planning to make the move to the middle east , look at the geo-political situation in that area and fast forward ten years ...see how religious conflicts and wars are building up out there , all it takes is for these to escalate out there and a lot of people would be brushing up on their hindi and chinese PA's..think long term D K BOSEs.....

masalama.

Masa - 2011?

Ha , bother to read? Yes, get real and read this article which headlined Bloomberg Global Transportaion section exactly 9 days ago - and then come back to us with your thoughts.

You Can Get a Pilot License in India After Just 35 Minutes in Air - Bloomberg Business

Caveat - Nothing against any nationality as we all have our flaws. Just passing on the article.

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filion
 

yes I did read this article and the others and I do agree there is a problem with some of the flying schools here in India but as mentioned earlier a huge majority of Indian pilots have done their basic training outside India and the hiring process into the Indian carriers is robust , at least into the private carriers like Jet, Indigo etc.

Our DGCA needs a major overhaul if they cannot regulate the flying training organizations and it's a few rotten apples that spoil the whole bunch unfortunately. This has touched a raw nerve especially when we all know how much hard work we have put in to become professional pilots and to be branded as fakers does make the blood boil, maybe it's a cultural thing ....

Filion, would you mind telling us how many Indian pilots does EK have ? Also, has EK had any problems with their flying skills or lack of it???

I still think it's better for Indian pilots to stick around in India as the potential for growth in aviation in the years to come is enormous , pay and perks for experienced pilots will only improve and it would be more difficult for carriers in the ME to attract experience in the future .

Btw, is there an assessment in Mumbai or not???

Masalama.

Masa

Don't know how many there are but there are a good number of them around - and each that I have flown with - absolute gents & ...no operational issues whatsoever.

Not that I'm qualified to judge others ....just a line jockey.

All road show dates posted on Emirates careers websites

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Hello masalama


Please message your email address, I have taken a screen shot of the said ad, I will email you that. The ad says there's one happening in mum soon, when you open that link it directs you to Emirates career page where there's no info about assessment in Mumbai

Whoever needs to have the screen shot of the ad, please message me your email ids, I will email it....

There are about 80 pilots in the company, who are listed as Indian nationals

If people are this sensitive about being tarred with a wide brush for the actions of a few, then I can assure them that EK is the last place on earth they want to be.

All management policies are mindlessly imposed without regard for the fact that the masses are punished or disadvantaged for the actions of a few. From comm failures to staff travel loads to payment for meals at the training college, it is a lazy, simpleminded, heavy-handed approach.

Better get used to it.

As far as broken web links, terrible IT interfaces, out of date, confusing, conflicting, just plain wrong information ...hahahah! Better get used to that too.

BOM
 

The EK assessment will be held at the Westin, Mumbai between 22nd-26th June.

Thank you very much, where did you find this information

Assessments are on in Mumbai and they will be back in India in October again.