The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to hire flight technicians on a daily pay basis.
Interviews have started for more than 100 candidates who have completed apprenticeship in Pia and are considered for contract -based employment. Officials of the Engineering Department have called apprentice height candidates for interviews.
To tackle the shortage of the engineering department, Pia recruits over 100 technicians on a daily pay basis, Express News reported.
However, no decision has yet been made to recruit flying engineers. The last fresh batch of aircraft engineers was recruited in 2016.
A spokesman for Pia confirmed the decision to hire technicians about daily wages to tackle the defect, and interviews for the candidates have already begun.
The Society of Aircraft Engineer’s spokesman also confirmed the new recruits.
In particular, 65 technicians and 45 aircraft engineers have withdrawn from Pia and joined domestic and international airlines.
Yesterday, a British delegation arrived in Pakistan to assess the country’s aviation safety standards.
The delegation of the British Department of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will review Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) security standards.
This assessment is a crucial step towards Pakistani airlines’ resumption of air operations between Pakistan and the UK. PCAA’s Director General, Nadir Shafi Dar, and his team of experts host the delegation.
Previously, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered a study of the controversial advertising of the launch of Pia Paris aircraft.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar shared this Directive during a Senate Session on Tuesday with a focus on a announcement of Pia’s privatization.
Senator Sherry Rehman raised concerns about the airline’s future and questioned whether the privatization plan had been canceled or still continued. She also emphasized that only 19 of Pia’s 34 aircraft are operational, with the rest grounded.
Rehman also criticized Paris Flight advertising, which she claimed led to public ridicule and questioned the agency responsible for the advertisement and the official who approved it.
The ad contained a Pia aircraft near the Eiffel Tower with the tagline “We Coming”, which she argued for incorrectly represented the airline’s intentions.
