IndiGo Flight Today Status News: The entire country is going through air travel crisis for the last 6 days. There is an outcry at every airport, big or small. Thousands of flights were cancelled, fares for remaining flights skyrocketed. However, today, on the sixth day, the situation is showing some improvement, but even today Indigo has canceled more than 200 flights as per the plan. But, the inside news on this crisis is shocking. A senior pilot of Indigo has revealed on the condition of anonymity that ‘the shortage was only 124 pilots. We have 4,551 pilots, a 2.7% deficit would have affected only 5-7% of the 2,200 daily flights. But SOPs were deliberately broken, standby rosters were kept empty, calls were given at the last minute, so that the entire system collapses and the government withdraws the new safety rules.
In simple language, this crisis was not natural but completely engineered. This crisis was brought about only to save profit. The pilots are now demanding a forensic investigation because the truth is now coming out. The question remains – how did an airline with 2,200 daily flights collapse due to a shortage of just 124 pilots?
well thought out conspiracy
Only Indigo pilots are now speaking openly. This was not a shortcoming, it was a well-planned conspiracy. The airline management deliberately created this entire drama to weaken the new safety rules and put pressure on the government. A senior pilot said on condition of anonymity, ‘We have a total of 4,551 pilots. 2,357 captains and 2,194 first officers. Decrease of 124 means only 2.7% deficit. Even if the new rules were implemented, only 5-7% of flights should have been affected. But suddenly 30-40% of flights started getting canceled every day. This was not a natural but an artificial crisis.
Deliberate violation of rules
The pilots claim that the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that has been in place for years was deliberately broken. Earlier, standby pilots were always ready. If a pilot fell ill, a call would be made 5-6 hours in advance. But suddenly these calls started coming 1-2 hours earlier. Obviously, if the pilot does not arrive then the flights will be cancelled.
Kolkata airport game
At Kolkata airport, things have gone too far – earlier, planes parked next to each other were now being parked far apart in remote bays, so that ground crew gets delayed, boarding gets delayed and a chain reaction starts. A pilot said, ‘All this was done deliberately. The management wanted passengers to get angry, create an uproar in the media and the government to withdraw the new FDTL rules. Airline Pilots Association of India President Sam Thomas clearly said, ‘Profit is being placed above safety. Indigo played such a big game to get the rules announced two years ago back. This is not just negligence, it is a criminal act.
Has this crisis been created?
Now the pilots are demanding a forensic investigation. He says that those officers who broke SOPs, kept standby rosters vacant and deliberately caused delays, should be prosecuted. There was no shortage of 124 pilots. There was a lack of humanity, security and responsibility. Now the truth is coming out – this outcry was not natural, it was completely engineered.
