New Delhi: Two Air India pilots, together with a trainee, are paying for a severe oversight of the airline’s rostering division by getting grounded by the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The trainee was to do supervised flying with a coaching captain however that didn’t occur on account of a mix-up which led to the flight not being operated by the proper complement of crew.
The trainee pilot was presupposed to function Mumbai-Riyadh flight on July 9, 2024, with a coaching captain. On touchdown in Riyadh, the younger trainee would have requested the coaching pilot to signal his SLF (supervised line flying) kind. Nonetheless, the coaching captain fell sick and rostering changed him with a traditional line (not coaching) captain.
“Enroute, the 2 pilots realised this mix-up (which wasn’t their fault) by the scheduling division. The opposite pilot couldn’t have signal that kind as he was not a coaching captain. The trainee couldn’t have identified this. And the opposite pilot couldn’t have identified the trainee was to do supervised flying beneath a coaching captain. This was an oversight by crew administration system (CMS) which couldn’t make sure the authorized complement of crew. The 2 pilots realised what had occurred and filed a voluntary report with the bottom supervisor,” stated sources. The airline then voluntarily reported it to the regulator.
A senior DGCA official stated the 2 pilots have been off-rostered (taken off flying obligation). The regulator is learnt to be analyzing whose oversight led to this mix-up. Some AI officers have been referred to as to the regulator’s workplace to repair accountability, say sources.
AI sources admit there have been a collection of oversights that culminated on this mix-up. As quickly because the matter the investigated and the lapse was discovered, the identical was voluntary reported to the DGCA, sources stated. Feedback had been sought from AI on this situation and awaited until the time of going to press.
The trainee pilot was presupposed to function Mumbai-Riyadh flight on July 9, 2024, with a coaching captain. On touchdown in Riyadh, the younger trainee would have requested the coaching pilot to signal his SLF (supervised line flying) kind. Nonetheless, the coaching captain fell sick and rostering changed him with a traditional line (not coaching) captain.
“Enroute, the 2 pilots realised this mix-up (which wasn’t their fault) by the scheduling division. The opposite pilot couldn’t have signal that kind as he was not a coaching captain. The trainee couldn’t have identified this. And the opposite pilot couldn’t have identified the trainee was to do supervised flying beneath a coaching captain. This was an oversight by crew administration system (CMS) which couldn’t make sure the authorized complement of crew. The 2 pilots realised what had occurred and filed a voluntary report with the bottom supervisor,” stated sources. The airline then voluntarily reported it to the regulator.
A senior DGCA official stated the 2 pilots have been off-rostered (taken off flying obligation). The regulator is learnt to be analyzing whose oversight led to this mix-up. Some AI officers have been referred to as to the regulator’s workplace to repair accountability, say sources.
AI sources admit there have been a collection of oversights that culminated on this mix-up. As quickly because the matter the investigated and the lapse was discovered, the identical was voluntary reported to the DGCA, sources stated. Feedback had been sought from AI on this situation and awaited until the time of going to press.
