Biman to recruit seven more pilots
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to recruit at least seven more pilots from Bangladeshi nationals as “First Officer” to operate its Boeing 737 aircraft.
The appointment of the pilots would be contractual and the interested pilots with the pre-requisite qualifications and experiences are requested to apply in the prescribed format available in the website of the national flag carrier (biman-airlines.com), which must reach to Manager Employment Human Resources Department of Biman head office by May 22.
Though the Biman administration has announced the vacancy notice, it did not yet mention anything about the number of the “First Officers” to be recruited.
An official of the management, however, told the Dhaka Tribune that the airlines would recruit at least seven pilots.
On Thursday last, Biman management made a major reshuffle transferring 5 pilots from flight operations department.
As part of the move, Captain Farhat Hasan Jamil has been made director flight operations, replacing Captain Kamal Sayeed.
After assuming office in March as Biman Chairman Air Marshal Enamul Bari (retd.) made this major reshuffle.
As Biman has now sufficient pilot to operate all types of aircrafts, it should announce a circular for recruiting cadet pilot to operate Dash 8 Q 400 aircrafts. But, the management has announced a circular for recruiting First Officer, which is not required, said a senior pilot of Biman while talking to the Dhaka Tribune.
“National flag carrier has now an additional 10/12 foreign and local pilots on contractual basis. Two years back, Biman had to recruit those foreign and local pilots in the wake of pilot shortage. The management should dismiss them as the airliner has no more pilot shortage at the moment,” he added.
Biman announced the circular even before holding its regular promotion board meeting that decides how many pilot should be recruited.
