Pilots’ body blames IndiGo’s “lean” hiring freeze for widescale flight chaos; regulator to probe
CHENNAI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has blamed IndiGo’s prolonged and “unorthodox” lean-manpower strategy, along with an effective freeze on pilot hiring, for the recent wave of cancellations and delays that left thousands of travellers stranded at airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and several other cities.
In recent days, IndiGo’s network has been thrown into disarray with hundreds of flight cancellations and delays, affecting major airports across India. The disruption is vast: on certain days more than 150 flights were cancelled and numerous others delayed.
