IAF releases pilots to National carriers
May 03, 2007 (FIDSNS)
The Indian Air Force has agreed to allow officers in the age group of 54 years and above to join the national carrier. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between IAF and Air India on 5th April, 2007. This is to facilitate a second carrier option to the retiring IAF officers and also reduce the requirement of expatriate pilots for the national carrier.
The exit of the officers being sponsored would not affect the operational status of the Air Force as these officers would have already served their useful tenure as pilots. The officers being sponsored are generally those who are superannuating within a year or so. Hence, this would neither lead to shortage of pilots in the IAF nor any loss incurred on their training.
The average training costs pilots varies from service to service and stream to stream ranging from Rs. 0.302 crores to Rs. 10.35 crores.
There is also a fall in premature retirement of pilots from Indian Armed Forces. It was 128 in 2004, 77 in 2005, 56 in 2006 and just 16 till April 2007.
Certain domestic problems relating to inheritance of property, need to look after ailing parents, family business, serious illness of wife requiring officer’s presence at home, possibility of breakup of conjugal life if the officer continues in service, etc. are considered as compassionate grounds, depending upon the circumstances of each case.
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