One of the Maldivian Airline employed has been slammed with a suspension order in light of an audio file leak which consisted of a heated exchange between a company elite and the pilot in question.
Avas Online has received confirmation that the unnamed senior pilot heard from the audio clip - who had presented the case of pilot fatigue issue initially - was ordered to stay home and refrain from attending work.
The argument sparked when the senior pilot had engaged in a heated exchange over negligence on an email he sent earlier about the issue. The senior official of Maldivian had warned the pilot of suspension if his action repeated.
Maldivian had not been available to comment further about the issue.
Avas has been able to confirm that several pilots on the Maldivian airline's payroll have been complaining of fatigue after the national airline extended the number of working hours per week from five to seven days.
The aggrieved pilots have singled out the aviation regulator for failing to investigate their claims.
'Maldivian' however refuted the claims saying that "only a handful of pilots" had voiced discontent over the extended work week but none have made their grievances official.
Tourism minister Moosa Zameer in a statement to mark the international civil aviation day, vowed to establish a fatigue risk management system to solve the challenges faced by fatigued civil aviation staff in the country.
Maldives government meanwhile had vowed to devise a system to manage pilot fatigue in the wake of mounting complaints from several national airline 'Maldivian' pilots.
