Air India to introduce a new crew rostering system

Air India will adopt a new rostering system from August to allow its crew to swap flights and even chose accommodation of their choice during layovers. These first Jeppesen-built rosters will go live across the airline’s fleets in August. In an e-mail shared with the employees Campbell Wilson, chief executive and managing director said: “As the system settles in, the crew should see earlier rosters, better integrity of ‘golden offs and better standby provisioning to reduce last-minute call ups. Also, when averaged over a few months there will also be more equitable earnings.” Going ahead, some other features like the