India has over 10,000 unemployed pilots but airlines can’t hire them

Airlines in India, from Indigo to Akasa, are on a spree to expand their fleet. Around a thousand more aircrafts will be flying the Indian skies in the coming few years.

Usually, each aircraft usually requires a crew of at least ten or more pilots. This means we will need close to 10,000 pilots. But we already have 10,000 pilots waiting to be hired.

The problem is no airline wants to hire them.

Why?

Tune in to find out.

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