Friday, December 15, 2006

794 CAT III compliant pilots in India

The number of CAT III compliant pilots have gone up from 148 in 2005 to 326 in 2003 and the number of CAT-II trained pilots have gone from 661 in 2005 to 794 in December 2006.
As of now Air India has 280 pilots trained in CAT-II and 118 in CAT-III, Indian Airlines has 268 pilots trained in CAT-II and 192 in CAT-III. Jet Airways has 203 pilots in CAT-II and 33 foreign pilots who are CAT-III compliant. Sahara Airlines has 20 CAT-II compliant pilots whereas Kingfisher has 13 CAT-III trained pilots, Spice Jet has 23 CAT-II compliant pilots and IndiGo has 12 CAT-III compliant pilots of who 9 are foreign pilots. Pilots in command should have minimum 2500 hours experience with 500 hours on type as commanders to be certified as compliant in CAT-II/III.
In view of the directions of the Government the following airlines have already prepared themselves for operation under low visibility:
(i) Indian Airlines and Air India have been granted authorization for CAT-II/III operations (ii) Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines have been granted authorization for CAT-II operations (iii) Kingfisher, Spicejet and Air Deccan, IndiGo have been granted initial authorization for CAT-II operations.
14/12/06 Press Information Bureau (press release)
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