NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court is scheduled to pass an order on September 27, 2023, on a plea moved by Akasa Air against pilots who have resigned without serving the mandatory notice period. Airlines sought direction from DGCA to take action against the pilots.
The Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora is scheduled to pass judgment on the matter on Wednesday.
In its written submissions, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated that DGCA cannot interfere in the employment agreement between the airline and the pilot which itself contains the mechanism of termination of pilots and it would be in the interest of the parties that petitioner airline complies with the mandate of the answering respondent to maintain a limited schedule if it does not have enough necessary number of pilots to maintain the operations of the flights.
