But pilot are usually accommodated in a hotel during their rest duty, unlike in Air Costa's case.Being a small airline, Air Costa does its rostering manually. Air Costa is reportedly in talks with Qatar Airways to sell up to 26% stake. A few pilots said there are irregularities in rostering at Air Costa. MUMBAI: Cash-strapped Air Costa has not paid salaries to some employees since June, according to letters reviewed by ET in which the Vijayawada-based regional carrier's human resources chief AVP Kavitha Yarlagadda apologised for this lapse.Just a week ago, the carrier's vice president-marketing Kavi Chaurasia had said in an emailed response that there were "absolutely no issues regarding salaries". On August 4, the airline cancelled all its flights on payment issues with lessor GE Capital Aviation Services.

Source: Economic Times August 11, 2016 23:26 UTC