Why Flight Malfunctions are Common in Air India?
Introduction Already resource-strained Air India finds it difficult to meet the roster requirements due to higher operational costs and ill-formed operational rosters. Adding fuel to fire, its flights run into glitches quite often due to poor maintenance, frequent change in service vendors, and employment of an inexperienced workforce, raising flight safety concerns among its loyal customers. Flight Safety Issues Air India has frequently been found caught in some of the worst air accidents in the history of the country's aviation history. Many causes have been attributed to it. Some of them are due to systemic failure, while some others are due to human errors. Despite giving training, the human errors keep on propping up due to the insufficient rest periods for aircraft pilots between changing rosters. Causes of Safety Issues The handing over of loss-making Air India to Tata Sons has not made any significant difference in its service to the aviation market. This is bec...