ALPA India Challenges Unconstitutional Aviation Ministry Proposal on International Pilot Recruitment

Oct 23, 2025 05:32 pm CST

The Airline Pilots' Association of India strongly opposes the Ministry of Civil Aviation's proposal to ICAO for regulating Indian aviation professionals' employment abroad, calling it unconstitutional and comparing it to bonded labor. ALPA cites violations of fundamental rights and argues that poor working conditions, not foreign poaching, drive pilot exodus from Indian airlines.