India requires 100 more pilots every year: H S Puri
NEW DELHI: The aviation sector requires around 100 more pilots every year and the government would upgrade its flying training academies to bridge the shortfall.’
According to Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri, there are 32 Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) in the country, which train around 350 pilots every year.
In this 23 FTOs are in the private sector and rest nine are with the Centre and various state governments.
