Tag: Pilots
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9 pilots, 32 cabin crew suspended over alcohol test
India’s Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended nine pilots and 32 cabin crew members for testing positive during their pre-flight alcohol tests. The tests were conducted between Jan. 1 and April 30. According to India’s civil aviation watchdog breather analyzer data, the affected personnel include one pilot and
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EXCLUSIVE: 64 days after, Nigerian fighter jet, pilots still missing; relatives allege conspiracy of silence
Sixty four days after two fighter jet pilots who presumably landed in Maiduguri, enclave of Boko Haram insurgents, nothing has been heard about the location of the pilots and jet till date. Findings by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) revealed that 64 days after the jet and its pilots got missing from Air Force radar their location still…
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Identity of pilots in NAF Alpha Jet that went off radar revealed
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed the identity of the two pilots inside the Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off radar. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information made this known in a statement on Friday. He revealed the identity of the two pilots as Flight Lieutenant John Abolarinwa…
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BREAKING: Missing NAF fighter jet crashes, fate of two pilots onboard unknown
Information reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG on Friday morning has it that the missing Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has crashed. The crash of the jet was confirmed few minutes ago by the Director of Public Relations and Information Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodre Edward Gabkwet in a social media post. According to post, the fate…
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COVID-19: 50 percent of world’s pilots now unemployed
More than half of the world’s airline pilots, including those in Nigeria, are no longer flying airplanes, according to the first worldwide survey of the profession since the outbreak of the COVID – 19 pandemic. The pandemic, according to the survey, has pushed pilots to consider other ways and means of earning a living. The…
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FG intervenes as Air Peace considers recalling sacked pilots
The Federal Government on Tuesday intervened in the brewing controversy following the sack of over 70 pilots by the Air Peace Management last week. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had also earlier urged the management of Turkish Air, Air Peace and Bristow Helicopters to reinstate all the sacked workers within two…
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Mass sack: NLC wades in, gives Air Peace, Bristow two-week ultimatum to recall pilots
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the management of Turkish Air, Air Peace and Bristow Helicopters to reinstate all the sacked workers within two weeks. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, while condemning the recent sack of 100 Pilots by Air Peace, 69 Pilots by Bristow…
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Mass sack: Pilots, engineers threaten to withdraw services across all airlines
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), has issued a two-week ultimatum to airlines, who have sacked or plan to sack their pilots and engineers under the guise of COVID-19, to reverse the decision. Its President, Mr Abednego Galadinma, at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, said pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers…
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Pilots, engineers threaten to shut down aviation sector over mass sack
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), on Wednesday, threatened to shut down the aviation sector following the sack of dozens of its members. It issued a two-week ultimatum to airlines, who have sacked or plan to sack their pilots and engineers, to rescind the decision, warning that they could no longer guarantee…