…So how will Pawan Hans helicopters fly? 13 senior maintenance engineers resign together.

New Delhi: Pawan Hans Helicopter Company seems to be in trouble. The main reason for this is said to be the resignation in large numbers of senior Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AMEs) who have been working in the company for years. These engineers are angry with the cut in salary and allowances. his/her resignation may start having an adverse effect in the form of brakes on the takeoff of this helicopter company. Because it is these senior engineers who check the helicopters before every flight to ensure whether a helicopter is ready for takeoff from safety point of view or not.The round of resignations started from December 5
In this matter, an attempt was made to talk to Pawan Hans CMD Sanjeev Razdan and other senior officials. But no reply was received from anywhere. Sources said that the process of resignation of aircraft engineers of Pawan Hans started from the evening of 5th December. By Friday evening, 13 engineers had resigned. It was written in the resignation letter that salary and allowances were being cut by up to 30%. Not even getting salary on time.

Many of the engineers who resigned have 10 to 15 years of experience in this company. They say that despite this, not only is their seniority being ignored, but they are also not being paid salaries on time and the salary they are getting is also being cut drastically. Due to this, we are facing big problems in running the house. It is not that this problem was not put before the company earlier. Despite informing the company about this problem for years, Pawan Hans did not take any positive steps.

How big is the crisis for the company?
The engineers of Pawan Hans are resigning. his/her job is to check the company’s helicopters before takeoff and ensure that the helicopter is OK to fly from safety point of view. If there is a shortage of these engineers then helicopters will not be able to take-off. This will impact all the northern zones of the company. This includes all the states from Delhi to North-East, Himachal Pradesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and all the states under NR, where Pawan Hans services are being provided.