IndiGo crisis: DGCA sacks 4 flight operations inspectors for oversight; airline asked to hire more pilots

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sacked 4 formation operations inspectors (FOIs) who were the main operations inspectors (PIO) for oversight connected IndiGo. Designated specifically for an airline, these FOIs are expected to support a adjacent ticker connected the airline’s requirements and besides spot if they person the required resources successful unit presumption for their operations.Also Read: DGCA slashes IndiGo flights by 5%; govt doubles it to 10%In IndiGo’s case, accidental sources, contempt the information that a caller formation work clip regulation (FDTL) oregon unit rostering rules were to travel into effect from July 1, 2025, and past Nov 1 which would person accrued aviator requirement, the hose did not prosecute the same. This has led to a shortage wherever the hose is incapable to run arsenic per the caller FDTL and which past had to beryllium enactment successful abeyance arsenic acold arsenic Airbus A320 craft benignant till Feb 10, 2026, to debar wide cancellations arsenic witnessed earlier this month.“IndiGo was successful treatment with the DGCA connected the caller FDTL and was alert of the accrued aviator requirement. Yet they did not prosecute pilots. What has happened is inevitable,” said radical successful the know.Even aft the fiasco, IndiGo has maintained that determination is nary shortage of pilots. The DGCA has directed the hose to measurement up its aviator hiring.“There is simply a implicit disconnect and mistrust betwixt the pilots and the management.

The operations power centre (OCC) of the hose is severely disliked by IndiGo pilots. An other outgo was made for nighttime landings which was stopped for a portion and truthful pilots started refusing the same. New declaration capped flying. A fig of things happened that lone widenhhhhhhhed the gulf betwixt pilots and management,” said sources.Also Read: DGCA depolys oversight squad astatine IndiGo's Gurugram HQ; formation opes nether lensThe discontent successful IndiGo pilots arises not simply from deferring FDTL implementation, but besides connected different fronts similar tweaking the wage components, medically unfit and sick study policy.

Things got worse precocious erstwhile immoderate Indian carriers wanted regularisation connected their pilots going overseas to enactment for overseas airlines, chiefly successful the Gulf.“It is good for Indian carriers to prosecute expat apical absorption radical similar CEOs, COOs etc but they person a occupation with america going overseas to work. If you privation to clasp us, past person amended narration with employees & amended enactment situation & wage package. Instead airlines lone privation to limb twist us. Maybe things alteration present aft the IndiGo fiasco and govt sees our plight too,” said aggregate pilots