A British Industrial Injuries Advisory Council study concludes that 5,000 hours of flying over 5 years, combined with sleep deprivation,doubles the risk of malignant melanoma cancer.Many Indian pilots reading this tweet will be dead within the next 10yrs.But does DGCA care?

To understand the unpredictable nature of turbulence, I spoke to veteran pilot Shakti Lumba on various aspects of the phenomenon and ways to mitigate it.

Shakti Lumba Mohan Ranganathan NEO ISA+55
CFM ISA+53
IAE ISA+42

Experienced Aircraft Turbulence? Here's All You Need To Know outlooktraveller.com/editors-picks/…

Shakti Lumba Shakti, we had a temperature limit of 50°C for take off thrust. Are the new engines having higher limits? Are airlines checking revised runway lengths based on temperature and elevation?

Shakti Lumba When a blind is teaching another blind how to cross the road this is the outcome. The average cabin crew experience in Indian aviation is less than 5 years, the goal of making the airline look young has not gone well for any of these airlines.. Experience matters..

Nothing more to be said the cartoon says it all

Uttar Pradesh Set to Invest in Civil Aviation drishtiias.com/state-pcs-curr…

Day after bomb scare, crew of IndiGo flight de-rostered | Latest News Delhi - Hindustan Times hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-n…

#PPS in not a trade union but a friend of civil aviation , its operators and the Regulators and does not expect the operators to penalise their employees from joining the society : we simply wish to work along with the Operators and Regulator to enhance and make Indian Civil

PROFESSIONAL PILOTS SOCIETY

MISSION STATEMENT

Emphasis on Professionalism Authority & Responsibility of The Pilot in Command:
 
Every Flight a Safe Flight. Safety First and Safety Last.
 
Aim for harmonious relations between Employer and Employee.
 
Fair, Just and Equitable

BYOB

A good read by Sagarika Ghose “Modi is convinced he’s sent by God. Citizens more worried about inflation and employment” theprint.in/opinion/modi-s…

PPA now registered and fondly called PPS. Professional Pilots Society. Cheers to the founding members

Kickbacks

If foreign pilots are hired at higher costs to fill demand in Air India , why do they get almost double the leisure time compared to Indian pilots? How is it rational to use the more expensive employee less? And why is the hiring done through recruiting agencies and not directly

Bangalore Aviation DGCA Before permit to fly, Airlines give a DEMO EVAC to DGCA. Airlines train & test,over & over again to be ready for the day when a real EVAC is required.
Here is the day when they failed miserably.
Do you think Airlines needs to give another DEMO after retraining the crew?

Another good piece on ⁦IndiGo⁩ by #AnjuliBhargava “Fortune India: Business News, Strategy, Finance and Corporate Insight” fortuneindia.com/opinion/whats-…

Griffin Shakti Lumba Air India Tata Group Tata Trusts An organisation is only as strong as its people. A business simply can't succeed without the success of its people. But some think that monopoly allows them to treat people the way they want but it's temporary, in the end the good is gone and you are left with the needy ones..

Mohan Ranganathan Shakti Lumba Yeshwanth Nitin Sarin Jagriti Chandra Mathew Thomas Their poor standards of training now well recorded and viewed around the globe 🌎😕