Air India re-hires 150 retired engineers to fix its aircraft

December 12, 2016 19:51

Faced with acute shortage of engineering staff, national carrier Air India has re-hired around 150 retired aircraft maintenance engineers for a three-year period on contract basis.

While local airlines are expanding their fleet with the domestic air passenger traffic growing at over 20 per cent for nearly two years, there is a significant shortage of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, the industry insiders say.

Against this backdrop, Air India has started roping in retired AMEs and so far around 150 of them have joined back, Air India officials said.

"I have a shortage of 150-200 engineers and I have employed my retired staff to fill up the gap... I have taken about 150 people on a contract for three years," Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) CEO H R Jagannath said.

There has been no recruitment of AMEs in the last 10 to 12 years, he said, adding currently Air India group has around 750 such engineers including the retired individuals who have been taken on three-year contracts. As a thumb rule, one aircraft requires around seven engineers.

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