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Drought in job market ends, airlines start hiring
By siliconindia
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Friday, 09 July 2010, 15:09 IST
Mumbai: The two-year drought in the job market of the aviation sector has come to an end as the airline industry has started recruitment in full force. The pink-slip season in the industry started in the latter half of 2007 with a cut down of about 3,000 jobs.
The airline industry, from September 2009, has been in its peak with healthy passenger loads and facilities like sustainable air fares, added flights and fleet expansion plans. As a result, the airlines are confident enough to hire new people.
The airline has started calling the retrenched employees with a fresh offer. Last month, Jet Airways started calling up the flight attendants it had retrenched in 2008.
According to a source, many airlines already have moved onto other airlines also. Last year, Qatar Airways was invited by the Jet Airways to recruit its flight attendants and the foreign airline had conducted several recruitment drives for flight attendants.
Air India Express also plans to fill 40 posts on its Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft for type-rated co-pilots, again both experienced and inexperienced. In addition, National Aviation Company of India (NACIL) invites applications from type-rated commanders and experienced pilots on Boeing 737, CRJ-700 and ATR 42.
Low-cost airlines like Go Air are also in the process by conducting interviews for flight attendants, trainee pilots and engineering maintenance staff.
