Air India Express pulled ‘Sir’ out of the cockpit, brought ‘Captain’. India News – Times of India

To revamp the lightning shield in Mumbai: cockpithandjob air india express has directed its first officers to address pilot in command Not as ‘Sir’, but by his first name or simply”captain”.
The operations circular issued on Friday referred to the October 2018 Trichy accident in which an Air India Express aircraft hit the tail, then hit a ground-based navigation aid and finally hit the airport boundary wall before taking off. Lowered the upper part. Dubai. The incidental take-off left the aircraft with a cracked underbelly. According to the final investigation report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau last month, the trigger was a sudden and unexpected tilt of the commander’s seat during the take-off roll. As the seat reclined, the commander inadvertently pulled the thrust lever back, reducing the power of the engines. While both pilots did not record a drop in thrust and took corrective action, the report said it was a breakdown of crew coordination – essentially, a communication failure between the pilots.
“It is proposed that a more informal cockpit environment is needed, to improve cockpit resource management (the communication process in the multi-crew cockpit) and reduce the trans-cockpit-authority-gradient. This may be a generation and culture shift. may and may take time to obtain the result,” said the Air India Express circular that issued instructions that the PICs be called either by their first name or “Captain”.
Captain Amit Singh, an air security expert said: “In Indian culture, it is generally not a good idea to call a senior by first name, especially in organizations like Air India Express. A 55-year-old ex-IAF commander, would not prefer one. 25 year old co-pilot to address him by his first name. It’s a huge leap. But calling PIC ‘Captain’ will work. The culture of the whole organization has to change. You don’t have to use co-pilots for not using Can say ‘sir’ in the cockpit and expect them to use it in an office environment.”

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