The secret of IndiGo crisis was revealed, IndiGo had hundreds more pilots than required, then why were flights being cancelled?

Recently, due to the cancellation of thousands of IndiGo flights, there was a tense atmosphere across the country and IndiGo was surrounded in many ways regarding question and answer. The government inquiry committee on Thursday evening presented its confidential report on the operational crisis of Indigo airline. The committee, in its review, found that in November the airline had employed 891 more pilots than global standards. Despite this, the main reason for the cancellation of mass flights, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, was not crew shortage but scheduling irregularities.

Let us tell you that the government inquiry committee is headed by Joint Director General Sanjay K. Brahmins are doing it. The committee was constituted by the DGCA on December 6 to probe the airline’s human resource planning, operational failures and responsibility for the cancellation of over 5,000 flights in six days.

Let us tell you that, the review found that IndiGo had appointed 4,575 pilots to operate 307 Airbus aircraft in November, while 3,684 pilots were required under global standards. This shows that the main cause of the crisis was not the number of pilots, but irregularities in rostering.

At the same time, IndiGo claimed in the data submitted to DGCA that the number of pilots was sufficient, and the main problem was related to scheduling and rostering.

The number of pilots employed by IndiGo was adequate as per global standards. The airline faced operational problems due to irregularities in the scheduling and rostering of pilots.

Let us tell you that, when strict flight duty time limits were in place in November, the airline had sufficient flight capacity.
As per DGCA’s minimum standards, three crew sets are required per aircraft, but IndiGo had twice as many pilots.

Let us tell you that, the Indigo official said, “The data clearly shows that the availability of pilots was not a hindrance in operations, but the problem arose from rostering practices and pilot contract clauses.” And another official said that this analysis was part of a comprehensive review by DGCA, which was done after hundreds of flights were canceled from late November to mid-December.

Let us tell you that, this report makes it clear that IndiGo’s operational crisis was not due to shortage of pilots, but due to irregularities in scheduling and scheduling, passengers faced huge inconvenience. The government intervened in the crisis, including imposing emergency fare caps and issuing show cause notices to senior officials.