One of the many challenges in front of Go First these days is to bring back the confidence among employees about the company’s future. While the budget carrier had a breather after receiving bankruptcy protection, recent reports of its pilots getting offer letters from other airlines have also surfaced.
Airlines wooing Go First pilots
Given the scale of growth projected in Indian aviation, airlines are perpetually looking for experienced cockpit and cabin crew. Go First’s current troubles have made hundreds of its pilots try their luck with other airlines, despite the carrier suggesting that it plans to restart operations in the near future.
A senior airline executive told Mint that Air India has made offers to more than 200 offers in the first three days of its recent recruitment drive. Many are presumed to be Go First pilots. They have also reportedly been offered salaries at par with Air India pilots for similar experience.
The report also says that IndiGo and Akasa are also vying for the same pool of pilots and have stepped up recruitment drives. IndiGo, in particular, stands to gain as it also operates the same aircraft type as Go First – the Airbus A320. The report quotes a Go First pilot as saying,
