Indian Commercial Pilots Association

Air India pilot unions' demand: Pay allowances by 10 February or won't follow changes in duty roster

Pilot unions of Air India have written to the company asking that their flying allowances be paid by 10 February otherwise they will not accept any changes in the duty roster, which has already been issued for February

Air India pilot body asks members not to accept last minute duties, protests delay in payment of flying allowance

The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), which claims to represent over 700 pilots in the government-run airline, issued directives to its members on a range of issues.

Air India suspends operations chief for 3 years after he fails breathalyser test for second time; move delays Delhi-London flight by hour

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had suspended Air India pilot Arvind Kathpalia in 2017 for three months after he had skipped a compulsory pre-flight medical test on several occasions.

ICPA opposes Air India move to recover overtime flying allowance; warns airline of 'industrial action'

ICPA said the allowance is being paid as per a proposal cleared by the aviation ministry in January 2016.

Air India pilots' body agrees to accept common pay structure proposed by Dharmadhikari panel

With this, the merger of the erstwhile Indian Airlines with Air India is almost complete now--a development comes too late for the union as the carrier is divestment-bound now.

Air India pilots ask govt to clear their salary arrears before privatisation of airline

A union of Air India pilots on Wednesday asked the government to clear their salary arrears before the airline is privatised.

Air India flight operations back to normal after management meets pilots

The pilots' body had on Monday warned of the situation turning worse If there was no "definite time-bound assurance" on resolving the issues by Tuesday.

Air India pilots' body accuses board member of hiding facts, writes to cabinet secretary

ICPA said in its letter that they had come to understand that the new appointee "had suppressed the facts from Air India management of the FIR filed at Sahar police station Mumbai" and that he was released on bail.

Pilots refuse to fly beyond flight duty timings hours before new CMD takes charge at Air India

Air India stipulates that the daily flight duty time for a pilot is 8 hours and 125 hours in a month while the daily duty time for a pilot is 11 hours.

Air India schedule may take a hit as pilots' body firm on no extra hours

ICPA has 670 members under its fold and it represents the pilots of erstwhile Indian Airlines.