Mahindra intends to add bigger wings to AVIATION biz

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), the
automobile manufacturer which has
recently also entered the aviation
sector, has ideas of replicating the
global success of Brazilian aircraft
maker Embraer. The company acquired a stake of
more than two-thirds in two
Australian aerospace companies last
month, to expand its aircraft and
aerospace component manufacturing
business. Speaking on the sidelines of a truck
launch made by M&M at the Delhi Auto
Expo, vice-chairman and managing
director Anand Mahindra said: " We have our feet firmly planted on the
ground, but we have our dreams and
they are not limited.

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Facing an acute shortage of pilots, Jet Airways is forced to hire
foreigners, even as the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has set
a new deadline of July 2011 for all
airlines to phase out foreign pilots.
Airline sources say pilot shortage in Jet Airways has become serious to such
an extent that flights are being
delayed because of that, a claim
vehemently denied by the Jet Airways
management.
wo years ago, when the aviation sector was reeling under a downturn,
Jet Airways put all its expansion on
hold. Nearly 20 per cent of flights were
cut. Command training of first officers
too was stopped. But once the worst
of recession got over, the airline began adding new routes and
acquiring new planes. It has recently
acquired a Boeing 737 and the
process is on to induct more aircraft.
And hence, the shortage of trained
pilots.

ILS (Instrument Landing System)

An instrument landing system (ILS) is a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting arrays to enable a safe landing during instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), such as low ceilings or reduced visibility due to fog, rain, or blowing snow.

Instrument approach procedure charts (or approach plates) are published for each ILS approach, providing pilots with the needed information to fly an ILS approach during instrument flight rules (IFR) operations, including the radio frequencies used by the ILS components or navaids and the minimum visibility requirements prescribed for the specific approach.

Radio-navigation aids must keep a certain degree of accuracy (set by international standards of CAST/ICAO); to assure this is the case, flight inspection organizations periodically check critical parameters with properly equipped aircraft to calibrate and certify ILS precision.

Airbus to tap engineering talent in India

The world’ s largest aircraft maker, Airbus, expects that the Indian
aviation market will require more than
1,000 aircraft worth $138 billion in the
next 20 years. In conversation with
ET, CEO Tom Enders said the European
aviation major will expand the India engineering centre and subcontract
more work to Indian firms such as
Mahindra, and Wipro . Excerpts from the interview: What role are India and China going to
play in the global aviation industry?
First of all, for us India and China,
obviously, are huge markets in the
future. And I believe we have seen
nothing yet. These markets are still in their initial phase.

Asia would need 180,600 pilots an 220,000 maintenance crew in next 20 years

   

The United States plane maker Boeing reports that the global commercial
aviation industry needs more than a
million pilots and maintenance crew in
the next 20 years, with Asia
accounting for almost 40% of the
demand. It estimates world demand at 466,650 pilots and 596,500
maintenance personnel from 2010 to
2029, of whom 180,600 pilots and
220,000 mechanics would be needed
in Asia.
Aviation is an exciting and rewarding industry for those who aspire to be an
airline pilot or an aircraft engineer.
Both courses require a lot of discipline,
hard work and passion.
Most countries, including Malaysia,
Australia, India, the Philippines, China, Indonesia, and Thailand, are members
of nternational Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO).

MRO Industry Grappling With Engineer Shortage

The maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry needs to boost the size
of its workforce to cope with the
world’ s growing feet of aircraft at a time when engineers are coming
under increasing pressure on the job,
making the industry less attractive to
new recruits.
“ This industry is 24/7 and has a harsh demand on a person’ s time,” says Alex Choo, assistant honorary
secretary of the Singapore Institute of
Aerospace Engineers (SIAE), as well as
a qualified engineer.
Choo was addressing delegates Nov. 2
at AVIATION WEEK ’ s MRO Asia conference and exhibition in
Singapore.
He says the shortage of skilled and
qualified maintenance engineers
means those that are in the industry
are being required to work longer hours.
Choo says many MRO firms are trying
to make up for their staff shortfall by
poaching from other MRO companies.
The other tactic MRO firms are using is
to recruit maintenance engineers from the air force or related industries such
as the marine industry, he says.