Airline professional with over 15+ years of experience in the aviation industry with wide experience of heading cabin and flight deck planning based on CAR and EASA rule set. Thorough and in-depth understanding of automated systems , airlines operations , resource management , regulatory requirements and compliance in relation to crew planning and control. Supportive assistant display strong understanding of rules and regulations abreast with latest trends and development within Industry.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director Crew Rostering
Interglobe Aviation Ltd – Indigo Airlines
06.2024 - Current
Led Crew Planning team for Pilot, Cabin (CAR), and Lease operations under EASA regulations.
Created and presented annual budget plan aligned with operational levels.
Conducted monthly variance analysis between planned and actual budgets.
Analyzed crew availability variance based on projected operations monthly and annually.
Liaise with crew training to analyse training variance as epr the projected availability.
Define roster KPIs in collaboration with flight operations and IFS as per operational changes.
Analyze base wise crew variance to shuffle pairings, suggest trail swap, change in departure time or position crew to other bases while keeping a constraint on Cost.
Spearheaded automation projects for crew planning processes and implementation.
Executed UAT, staff training, and system audits to ensure compliance with rule sets.
Supervise creation of pairings and standard templates to meet operational requirements.
Suggest, test and implement parameter in Jeppesen to increase crew productivity.
After release of roster, create comparison between planning pairing density vs actual pairing density and accordingly suggest changes next month.
Liaise with network planning team on periodic SSIM and SSM to align planners.
Responsible Manager for ensuring compliance to all regulatory and company rules.
Senior Manager Crew Rostering
Interglobe Aviation Ltd – Indigo Airlines
10.2021 - 06.2024
Manager Crew Planning
Interglobe Aviation Ltd – Indigo Airlines
03.2017 - 09.2021
Crew Planner
Oman Air
10.2012 - 02.2017
Planning B737 Crew pairings and rosters including line training planning and for brief period simulators and line training planning for E170 and B787.
Assistant Manager crew scheduling
Air India Express
09.2011 - 09.2012
Planning cockpit crew monthly rosters, line trainings as per KPI.
Make sure optimum utilization of resources and publishing rosters as per agreed timelines, ensure all schedule flights are covered by assigning pilots and standby for each day.
Part of management team responsible digitalization of rostering process by implementation of rostering software (ARMS).
Senior rostering assistant
Jet Airways
09.2010 - 12.2011
Planning Flight deck rosters and handling day of operations post publication.
Flight operation officer
Air Sahara / Jet Lite India (LTD)
01.2005 - 09.2008
Planning and maintaining crew rosters post publication.
Education
Jeppesen Crew rostering -
Indigo
01.2020
Jeppesen Crew Pairing - undefined
Indigo
01.2019
Adopt Altitude Pairing training - undefined
Indigo
01.2017
Aviation Resource Management System, Version 2.o.x, CMSS, and FOSS - undefined
Indigo
01.2012
B.com - undefined
Delhi university
01.2004
Skills
System definition, Implementation and Management
Timeline
Associate Director Crew Rostering
Interglobe Aviation Ltd – Indigo Airlines
06.2024 - Current
Senior Manager Crew Rostering
Interglobe Aviation Ltd – Indigo Airlines
10.2021 - 06.2024
Manager Crew Planning
Interglobe Aviation Ltd – Indigo Airlines
03.2017 - 09.2021
Crew Planner
Oman Air
10.2012 - 02.2017
Assistant Manager crew scheduling
Air India Express
09.2011 - 09.2012
Senior rostering assistant
Jet Airways
09.2010 - 12.2011
Flight operation officer
Air Sahara / Jet Lite India (LTD)
01.2005 - 09.2008
Jeppesen Crew Pairing - undefined
Indigo
Adopt Altitude Pairing training - undefined
Indigo
Aviation Resource Management System, Version 2.o.x, CMSS, and FOSS - undefined
Indigo
B.com - undefined
Delhi university
Jeppesen Crew rostering -
Indigo
Key Result Areas
Leadership qualities.
Believe to work in a team.
Proper conversation and coordination with other team members.
Work dynamically towards the growth of organization and satisfaction.
Diligent hard working would be able to work in any kind of shifts.
Strong determination that helps in achieving any kind of goals.
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I hereby declare that all statements made herein are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Personal Information
Passport Number: N2788026
Date of Birth: 03/23/83
ID Type: Passport
ID Number: N2788026
Key Result Areas
Leadership qualities.
Believe to work in a team.
Proper conversation and coordination with other team members.
Work dynamically towards the growth of organization and satisfaction.
Diligent hard working would be able to work in any kind of shifts.
Strong determination that helps in achieving any kind of goals.
Personal data processing
I hereby declare that all statements made herein are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.