Captain Pinaki and Captain Sushmita [ Sush ]

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Land in America

 

Capt Richard had tought time to get Pinaki back on right flying.  Every day he was learning

 

many new terms of flying. James Golfin
[ Jimmy ] was his flight Instructor. Jimmy was a very cool Pilot so Pinaki was bit relexed to

 

learn flying.

 

 

 

2004

 

Back to India, No jobs available here, So again my old flying club to
join as Assistent Pilot Instructor under the same CFI. It is very difficult for Pinaki to Cop with

 

Indian Flying style as its still very old fashiond.  Adjusting with Indian flying culture he

 

started teaching  Pilots in Indo - US style.  He was not at all happy with the culture but had

 

no option, his frustation was increasing as days passing.  But his logboog  getting hrs day by

 

day so he started prepration for his ATPL and he cleared all his pappers too. Still he had

 

about 1200Hrs only 300hrs more to get an ATPL licence.  Aviation is not so much a

 

profession or a hobby as it is a disease. 

 

AirIndia released advertisement for Trainee Co-Pilot for Boeing 737 Aircraft. He applied and
left his API Job to prepare for his AirIndia exam.  AirIndia declared resut after 9 months and
by dafault Pinaki got no 1 position. Thanks to his wonderfull US flying Experience and  awfull

 

Indian Assistent Flight Instructor's Experience. He always tell his student Pilot, Learn from

 

the mistakes of others -- you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.  But they

 

are not ready to listen him much. 

 

Pinaki met another Pilot Captain Sushmita [ Sush ] at DGCA for her Conversion from

 

Canadian CPL into Indian DGCA CPL. She was trying to get it since last 4 months but all
vain. Pinaki helpd her to get her licence within 7 days with all formalities done. Of course

 

that cost them only couple of bucks before they could get CPL in hand, but thats the culture

 

Indian DGCA has. Sush was so happy with her licence in hand, as she had lost all her hopes

 

before. She kissed Pinaki in DGCA office only.

 

To celebrate this, Captain Pinaki Invited  Captain Sushmita [ Sush ] at Hotel Taj for Candle

 

light dinner,  they both were so excited that both reached Taj almost an hour before their

 

schedule time. Captain Pinaki proposed  Captain Sushmita just after the dinner, which  Sush
accepted immidiately. This was most happening day for Captain Pinaki and   Captain

 

Sushmita both were flying on cloud seven.

 

Time flown very fast and its time for Sush to get back to Canada, as her whole family lives
in Canada, even she born and brought up in Canada only.  Her Dad had a small flight school
and a Air Charter Services at a Monatoba, north Canada,  which was also not doing well due
heavy recession in Aviation. Captain Sushmita, was a CFI there but she wanted to fly for an Airlines, which was bit difficult in Canada due to recession, So she decided to get her Indian CPL.

 

AirIndia was suffering from heavy losses, So they cancelled further expansion plans and so  no more hiring for Trainee Co-Pilot for Boeing 737 Aircraft.  Pinaki wanted 300 more flying
hours before he could apply for issue of Indian ATPL. So he decided to join one Indian company based out of Guwahati to fly their King Air B 200.  Though he was paid very bad
he join to get flying hours. He was flying with Wg. Cdr. Aman Sing who was an ex Air force Pilot,  No civil Aviation or International Aviation Exposure, but had a solid defence attitude
problem like any other defence Pilot.  As soon as Pinaki got his 1510 hrs on his Logbook he
left this job and reached again Indian DGCA with lot of docments and lot of bucks to be paid
as and when required.  At any cost he wanted to get his ATPA asap. He met with Mr Rajan same tout at  DGCA who helped   Captain Sushmita  to get her Indian CPL. Pinaki paid him big amount then usual bribe and  Rajan promised him to get his work in next 7 days. These
7 days were like 7 years for Captain Pinaki. The only relif he had was skype and black berry
calls of Captain Sushmita [ Sush ] as she was the only soul on the earth who could understand his situation.

 

Monday sharp 1000 hrs  Pinaki was at DGCA looking for Mr Rajan, but he was not there till
1030 so he clled him on his mobile which was switchd off  and No reply at home landline, so he reached DGCA reception, but his documents were not there. Receptionist was not ready to
listen him. He paid him a big bucks, to get him ready to listen him.  After taking big bribe he
opened his mouth and inform him that no file is there in Indian DGCA office even.  At 1300hrs Rajan picked up his mobile phone and informd him that he is in Banglore due some important work and DGCA rejected his ATPL application as he needs minimum 1000hrs as
PIC to get his ATPL issued. And if he needs his papers back he would needs to pay  big sum of money to another DGCA agent Mr Kuldeep. He paid and got his original documents back. At least he has live Indian CPL in hand.

 

Captain Pinaki was so depressed with the situation,  Captain Sushmita invite him  at her flight school to get Canadian ATPL. He immidiately accepted the offer and flown to Monterial with Dad Captain Ravi who was operation same sector on Boeing 747. 

 

 

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