Lack of training infrastructure leads to Indian aviation sector’s manpower bottleneck. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BENGALURU - As Indian aviation prepares for strong growth from 2024, a shortage of technical manpower, especially pilots, may be the greatest strategic risk for the sector, said aviation consulting group Capa India.Air India has ordered 470 new aircraft,According to industry standards, each narrow-body plane requires 14 to 16 pilots, while a wide-body plane doing long-haul routes needs 24 to 26 pilots.
“New hiring, especially for technical resources such as pilots, engineers, security staff and air traffic controllers, can take up to 18 months,” said Mr Thakran.In an interview to Indian newspaper The Hindu, then licensing authority Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s director general Arun Kumar, who retired on Feb 28, said there was “in fact an excess supply” of pilots.
The senior pilot said the shortage of training infrastructure was Indian aviation’s real bottleneck. There are 34 flying schools in the country, but there is a “desperate shortage of slots for simulators and fully qualified instructors”.To fill the existing gap, airlines and flying schools have been temporarily employing expat pilots, paying them higher salaries, sending trainees abroad for simulation at a high cost, or asking the trainees to get certified abroad themselves.
The record number of CPL licences granted last year only reflects the backlog from the pandemic, said the chief executive officer of Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy, Mr Hemanth DP. Pre-pandemic, only an average of 800 licences were issued a year.“To fly the new 1,100 planes, India will need about 16,000 to 17,000 trained pilots, which is 1,500 a year on average. At our average of 800 a year, we will produce only 8,000 pilots in the next decade. That’s not enough,” Mr Hemanth said.
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