Air India's new recruits to undergo yoga training

The airline is also mulling to organise a two-day workshop for its senior management. The training programme for senior management may be conducted later in June.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, National carrier Air India has introduced yoga sessions for its new recruits – pilots and cabin crew. The newly-recruited cabin crew and pilots undergoing training will do yoga starting today.

The airline is also mulling to organise a two-day workshop for its senior management. The training programme for senior management may be conducted later in June.

According to media reports, every crew member currently being trained has to attend yoga sessions in the morning at 6.30 am.

AI recently hired around 300 cabin crew members and 78 pilots, who are being trained at the Air India Central Training Establishment in Hyderabad. The introduction of yoga in training coincides with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's exhortation on making Yoga Day a success.

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