WORK EXPERIENCE
TATA AIR INDIA: 1996 - CURRENT
2024 – CHIEF PILOT B777 SINCE 15TH JAN 2024
ACTING DIRECTOR TRAINING- 01ST SEP 2024 TO 24TH NOV 2024
2019 – CURRENT TYPE RATING INSTRUCTOR (S)
2019 – CURRENT JT. GM
- FLIGHT OPS ENGINEERING – 2022 - CURRENT
- DISPATCH – 2021-2022
- D.O. OFFICE & TRAINING – 2019-2021
2009 – CURRENT SENIOR COMMANDER – B777
2006 – 2009 COMMANDER – A310
2003 – 2006 FIRST OFFICER – B744
1996 – 2003 FIRST OFFICER – A310
ALLIANCE AIR:
1996 – 1996 JR. FIRST OFFICER – B737
MODILUFT:
1994 – 1996 JR. CAPTAIN – B737
PROJECTS INITIATED & SUPPORTED IN AIR INDIA
INAUGURAL B777 POLAR FLIGHT:
• INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING APPROVALS AND OPERATING THE INAUGURAL POLAR FLIGHT, WITH POTENTIAL FUEL SAVINGS WORTH HUNDREDS OF CRORES. FIRST SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH POLE BY ANY INDIAN CARRIER.
INAUGURAL NO DESTINATION ALTERNATE FLIGHT:
• COLLABORATED WITH DGCA AND OTHER AIRLINES FOR THE INAUGURATION AND SUBSEQUENT MONITORING OF THE FIRST PHASE, LEADING TO POTENTIAL FUEL SAVINGS OF HUNDREDS OF CRORES.
PROJECT MANAGER, UPRT (UPSET PREVENTION AND RECOVERY TRAINING):
• ORCHESTRATED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DGCA MANDATED UPRT RESULTING IN SAVINGS EXCEEDING 80 CRORES, BY INTERACTING WITH DGCA TO MODIFY THE CAR REQUIREMENTS, TO CATER FOR AIR INDIA’S SIMULATOR LIMITATIONS. INTRODUCED A WORLD-CLASS PROGRAM ACROSS AIR INDIA, AIR INDIA EXPRESS, AND ALLIANCE AIR.
P500 OVERFLIGHT PROJECT:
• CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE EVENTUAL SUCCESS OF THE P500 OVERFLIGHT PROJECT, RESULTING IN MASSIVE FUEL SAVINGS.
5G PROJECT:
• PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE 5G PROJECT, WHILE INTERACTING WITH THE OEM, FAA, IATA AND OTHER OPERATORS, THEREBY ENSURING UNINTERRUPTED OPERATIONS TO USA.
CONVENOR, TRANSITION TO ONLINE TRAINING DURING COVID TIMES:
• LED THE TRANSITION TO ONLINE TRAINING FROM PHYSICAL CLASSROOM TRAINING OF MANDATORY GROUND TRAINING DURING THE PANDEMIC, ENSURING CONTINUITY IN SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND RECURRENCY OF CREW.
EDITOR, TRAINING DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER:
• SERVED AS THE EDITOR FOR THE POPULAR TRAINING DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER, FOSTERING COMMUNICATION AND KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION IN A CREATIVE MANNER.
REVAMPING FLIGHT DISPATCH POST-COVID:
• SPEARHEADED THE REVAMP OF THE FLIGHT DISPATCH OPERATIONS POST-COVID, IMPROVING MORALE, EFFICIENCY, AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
TRAINING CAPTAIN ON B777, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT:
• DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED NUMEROUS NEW AND ORIGINAL TRAINING PROGRAMS ON B777 AND GROUND TRAINING ON OTHER FLEETS, INCLUDING INDUCTION TRAINING, CLASSROOM TRAINING OF LOFT SCENARIOS AND TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAM, CONTRIBUTING TO SKILL ENHANCEMENT,
THROUGH RELEVANT SYLLABI AND IMPROVED COURSE CONTENT. ∙AUDIT EXPERIENCE:
• CONDUCTED AUDIT OF CTE HYDERABAD TO ENSURE HIGH STANDARDS IN GROUND TRAINING.
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS:
• INVOLVED IN VARIOUS OTHER IMPACTFUL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ENSURE SAFETY, SUCH AS INDUCTION OF DRY LEASE B777 WITH FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION IN POUNDS, ORGANISING CRM MODULES FOR TRAINERS WITH SMES FROM EMIRATES, FUEL EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS FOR ALL RELEVANT PERSONNEL, AMONG OTHERS.
