Any indigo senior employee here can you tell us inside news ? And pray tell why?!
It has been hit by multiple unforeseen operational challenges—including crew shortages, winter schedule changes, weather issues, tech problems, and airport congestion.
However, the biggest trigger is the stricter Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) rules that came into effect on November 1. The new norms increased weekly rest, extended night-duty definitions and reduced permitted night landings from six to two, following years of pilot fatigue complaints.
These rules were mandated by the DGCA after a Delhi High Court order. Airlines had lobbied for a delay, but DGCA enforced them with only limited relaxationsThe stricter night-duty limits reduced crew availability sharply—affecting IndiGo the most due to its massive network of late-night operations.
My uncle used to work in air india as an air host. He told there are lot of employees in air india simply sitting. But they can't move to Indigo or anything as they have something like a notice period which is like minimum 6 months . This notice was issued in 2024 or something and indigo didn't bother to hire or do anything about it .
