Last week, the Boeing CEO said they were making steady progress towards certification of the software update for the grounded 737 Max and were committed to making it one of the safest airplanes ever to fly. But fixing the software problem might turn out to be easier for the beleaguered manufacturer than restoring consumer trust […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Jet Airways executives meet Arun Jaitley, seek at least one month’s salary
Senior executives of grounded Jet Airways met the Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday and requested him to direct the banks to release at least one month’s salary. Jet has not paid salaries of a large number of its employees for the last three months, causing huge financial distress to them. The carrier last […]
Jet Airways employees seek President’s intervention for salary dues, emergency funds to airline
Employees of Jet Airways have written to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking their intervention to recover outstanding dues as well as to expedite the process of emergency funds for the airline, which has shuttered its operations temporarily. Cash-starved Jet Airways, which has around 23,000 employees, has delayed payment of salaries […]
‘We await facts of what conspired and who failed us’: Jet pilot to management
An old-timer and veteran Jet Airways pilot Sudhir Gaur has blamed the management for keeping 22,000 employees in the dark over the turn of events that led to complete suspension of the airline’s operations leaving the staff in lurch. The senior captain, who has been with Jet Airways since its inception, has written to airline […]
China to join FAA’s review panel on Boeing’s 737 MAX
China has decided to accept an invitation to join the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) review panel on the Boeing 737 MAX, an official at the Chinese aviation regulator said on Tuesday. The FAA said last week it was forming an international team to review the safety of the aircraft, grounded worldwide following two deadly […]
How flawed software, high speed, other factors doomed an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX
Minutes after take-off, the pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX were caught in a bad situation. As soon as the pilots retracted the flaps and slats, according to flight data, a key sensor began to feed faulty information into Boeing’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), designed to prevent stalls. Flying at full take-off power, […]
Debt-laden Jet Airways lenders plan to sell up to 75% stake
Jet Airways India Ltd.’s lenders invited initial bids to buy as much as 75 percent of the debt-laden carrier, starting a process that will determine the future of India’s oldest surviving private airline. Potential buyers must submit their interest by April 10, State Bank of India Ltd., the lead creditor, said in a document Monday. […]
Supreme Court rejects govt’s objections, allows use of leaked documents in Rafale case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the government’s objection over admissibility of the ‘leaked’ documents cited by petitioners seeking review of Rafale verdict of December 2018. The top court has allowed use of the documents in admitting the review petition filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie, and lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan. The […]
SC to decide today if ‘privileged’ Rafale papers can be used as evidence
The Supreme Court will Wednesday pronounce verdict on the preliminary objections raised by the Centre that the documents on which it was claiming “privilege” cannot be relied upon to re-examine the verdict in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will pronounce the verdict. On March 14, […]
‘Have enough pilots, operations won’t be impacted’: Jet Airways
Even as it tries to stave-off a proposed mass leave by a section of pilots, Jet Airways on Saturday said it has the requisite number of aviators to man its fleet currently under operation. “Operations on Monday are unlikely to be impacted,” an official said. “We have taken a note of the advisory sent by […]
In a bid to stave off mass leave, Jet Airways to pay its employees December salaries
In a bid to stave off a proposed mass leave by a section of pilots and aircraft maintenance engineer, Jet Airways on Saturday said it will soon pay the remaining December salaries to employees. In an email to employees, Jet’s chief executive officer Vinay Dube said: “You also have our commitment that the Board of […]
Pilots of Jet Airways defer strike, seek salary dues by April 14
About 1,100 unionised pilots of Jet Airways (India) Ltd have deferred by a fortnight a plan to abstain from work from Monday in a relief to the troubled carrier, as well as its passengers. The pilots union, National Aviator’s Guild (NAG), took the decision after the airline management paid the remaining 12.5% of their December […]