Pilot training lapses: DGCA fines Tata Group’s AIX Connect Rs 20 lakh, suspends airline’s training head for 3 months

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has fined Tata Group’s no-frills carrier AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India) Rs 20 lakh and suspended the airline’s head of training for three months for failing to conduct a few mandatory exercises during pilot proficiency and instrument rating checks.

Additionally, the DGCA has slapped a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on eight designated examiners of the airline, taking the total fine imposed on the carrier and its executives to Rs 44 lakh.

The airline is now mulling over filing an appeal against the DGCA order.