more-inMumbai: The Bombay High Court has refused to grant any relief to the pilots’ unions, who had challenged a Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) proposal to extend the notice period for quitting service from the current six months to a year. The DGCA last month proposed to make a one-year notice period mandatory for commanders (pilots) if they wanted to quit. Currently, they have to serve a six-month notice period. The unions claimed that India was the only country where the notice or resignation period for pilots was decided by the government or its regulatory body and not the employer. The DGCA, while proposing longer notice periods, had claimed that the pilots were resigning “in groups”, without giving any notice period to the employer, which forced the airlines to cancel flights at the last minute.

Source: The Hindu June 25, 2017 19:07 UTC