Photo: Ramesh Pathania/MintMumbai: New DGCA notice period norms for airline commanders may hit the expansion plans of the domestic carriers besides significantly impacting the entry of potential strategic investors, according to experts. Before this, a six-months notice period was suffice for this purpose. “This decision (of extending the notice period to one year) will impact expansion, forward planning and increase costs. Notably, domestic pilots unions at both private carrier Jet Airways and government-run Air India have already expressed their opposition to the extension in notice period. We will strongly protest this move along with all pilots from other airlines,” Jet Airways domestic pilots union National Aviators Guild (NAG) president D. Balaraman has said.

Source: Mint August 20, 2017 05:15 UTC