Why increasing notice period for pilots is no answer

DGCA raises senior pilot's notice period from six months to a year as industry watches open-mouthed

Union Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju is busy these days. The industry, pilots and other officials say he’s busy. With what no one can quite say (although I now refer to him as Jahangir), so let’s just accept it for what it is. A bit like Rahul Gandhi — wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time — but he is really busy.

The Minister of State, Jayant Sinha, is pretty busy these days. Besides Parliament, he’s also busy with interviews with the media on his grand Udan scheme and plans. Of course, Udan flights are yet to really