Aviation watchdogs DGCA and BCAS and state-owned AAI are facing a significant shortage of manpower with vacant positions ranging from 37% to 48%.
Nearly 48% of the posts are vacant at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, while it is 37% in the case of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and the Airports Authority of India.
State-owned AAI plans to hire 1,098 people at the executive level in the current financial year, while there are 224 vacancies out of the sanctioned 598 positions in BCAS.
Out of the total sanctioned strength of 25,730 posts at AAI, 9,502 positions are vacant.