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Why Do Pilots Collapse Mid-Air So Regularly?

On two successive days this week, two pilots collapsed and died.   One of them was a friend and a former colleague, and both were much younger.   One was travelling as a passenger and the other was about to operate a flight.   My heart goes out to their families for their sudden and …

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Who is the First Indian Pilot?  

In my previous post, paying tributes to JRD Tata on his birth anniversary, I posed this question, and replied, “If you think it is Mr. JRD Tata, you are only partly right.” After that, many people texted and called me, asserting that Tata was indeed the first Indian pilot, because that’s what the internet says. …

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Phew! In Defence of Poor Pilots

Someone recently tweeted pilots’ salaries in an airline. That tweet began with a ‘phew,’ so I will list out the realities of a pilot’s life, just a few! I didn’t say the realities of a pilot’s job, because it’s not just a job; it’s an interesting lifestyle, but not a cakewalk.  It requires commitment, consistency, …

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Don’t Blame the Pilot – Just Yet

Deepak Sathe was my friend and a longtime colleague. Our lives and careers followed a similar path except that he was a brilliant senior and I was a wide-eyed and often awed junior. My sense of loss is personal, and I have so far shared my feelings only with my family and close friends. But …

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