The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to hire plane technicians on a daily salary basis.
The interviews started for more than 100 candidates who finished learning at PIA and are taken into account for a contract on contract. The managers of the engineering department called for apprenticeship candidates for interviews.
To respond to the shortage of the engineering department, PIA will recruit more than 100 technicians on a daily salary basis, Express News reported.
However, no decision has yet been made regarding the recruitment of aircraft engineers. The latest new batch of plane engineers was recruited in 2016.
A spokesperson for the PIA confirmed the decision to hire technicians on daily wages to face the shortage, and the interviews for the candidates have already started.
Society of Aircraft Engineers spokesperson has also confirmed new recruitments.
In particular, 65 technicians and 45 plane engineers resigned from PIA and joined national and international airlines.
Yesterday, a British delegation arrived in Pakistan to assess the country’s air security standards.
The delegation of the British Department of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will examine the security standards of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA).
This evaluation is a crucial step towards the resumption of Pakistani carriers of flight operations between Pakistan and the United Kingdom. PCAA Director General Nadir Shafi Dar, and his team of experts organize the delegation.
Previously, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into controversial advertising for the launch of PIA Paris flights.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Ishaq Dar, shared this directive during a session of the Senate Tuesday focused on a notice concerning the privatization of the PIA.
Senator Sherry Rehman expressed his concerns concerning the future of the airline, wondering if the privatization plan had been canceled or continued. She also pointed out that only 19 of the 34 PIA planes are operational, the rest anchored.
Rehman also criticized the advertising on the flight of Paris, which, according to her, led to a public ridicule, questioning the agency responsible for the announcement and the civil servant who approved it.
The advertisement presented a PIA plane near the Eiffel Tower with the slogan “We Coming”, which argued the intentions of the airline.
