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MC Exclusive | Air India looking to hire 20 more foreign commanders as it expands widebody fleet

Air India has shared plans with the DGCA about the requirement for fifty additional flight commanders in the current financial year, after hiring around fifty foreign pilots in 2023-24
Jet to hire 100 more expat pilots despite DGCA deadline

Jet Airways is planning to hire around 100 foreign pilots for its wide body Boeing fleet and has already approached several hiring firms for this, even as the aviation regulator has set a December 2013 deadline for phasing out expat pilots.
Foreign pilots to be phased out by 2013: DGCA

Foreign pilots, who account for around 20% of pilots employed by Indian air carriers, are expected to be phased out by 2013, according to a top aviation official today.

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