Advantages of Outstation Posting

It was not that we did not enjoy doing outstation posting instead it has many advantages & disadvantages too. Engineers in line who are fading up working on 2/2/2 patterns must at least do one posting to have a feel of it.

One year posting is most suited for the juniors whom kids are yet to join school and to seniors whose son/daughters schooling are over.

This also gives an ample opportunity to one who really wants to perform and did not get opportunity while working at base.

We operate/connect as many as 63 stations. 90% of the stations have maximum of three flights and that too during day time. Therefore, the advantages of doing posting are as under:-

We do either general or afternoon duty instead as stated above 222 patterns at base,

Fixed duty timing results in setting our body clock to normal so fitness level is higher,

Being an in-charge, he himself is engineering boss of the base; he is free to report for duty as per the arrival of the aircraft,

Work is maximum limited to Nil Noted job and Use of MEL unless some incidents, once in blue moon, occur at your station.

One can fulfil ones hobby to desired level which was otherwise not possible at base,

Apart from engineering, one has opportunity to interact with various other government departments.

One can understand of our inter-departmental functioning very closely such as commercial, ticketing, finance, security and operation and more importantly aviation marketing.

One has opportunity to know about big holes from where our money is drained out.

And many more…..

Disadvantages:-

You will miss your family members as they can not and would not like to stay there,

You draw less salary in terms of HRA,

Expenditure increases by Rs.10,000/=pm in terms of your stay at outstation(House rent, Maid, cable, gas cylinder, grocery etc),

Note: Each one of us loose more than Rs.15000/=pm compared to our friends working at base.

Being alone you may come in trap of depression.

Outstation job may be lucrative by

(1)Providing fully furnished leased accommodation by Air India as it is there for Air India engineers,

(2)Lunch coupon to be provided as it is done at Base or we may be given lunch and snacks allowances, There is no facility of any canteen or restaurant at small station if it is there charges are exorbitant.

(3)Outstation posting allowance to be paid as it is there in Jet Airways, kingfisher and Spice jet (They are paid Rs.25000/= to Rs.35000/=pm as outstation posting allowance).

Point two may not be considered if we met point 1 and point 3.