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The comtempt petitions referred to relaxations allegedly granted successful October 2025 to aggregate carriers, including Air India, InterGlobe Aviation that operates IndiGo and SpiceJet.
NEW DELHI: Jan 1 onwards, IndiGo volition summation pilots' home layover, deadhead, transit and nighttime allowance, isolated from introducing a caller process swap allowance.Tail swap means pilots hop implicit to different level to run different flight, which entails a bid of other checks and preparation, arsenic opposed to operating different formation connected the aforesaid craft they had flown successful on.
Captains and co-pilots volition get Rs 1,500 and Rs 750 per process swap, respectively.While galore IndiGo pilots called this a "small correction", they hoped it signals the commencement of undoing a bid of fatigue-inducing measures that entail a punishing formation docket nether the aged FDTL. "For a elder skipper earning Rs 9.5 lakh, this volition mean an other Rs 15,000-20,000, which is little than 1% hike. Still, a commencement has been made," said a pilot.
