On a rather breezy day, a bunch of air traffic controller staff took off from controlling airspace and switched to playing a game of cricket.
As part of the second edition of Air Traffic Controllers Premier League, six teams will battle it out during the next one week for a trophy.
K. Murali, joint general manager (air traffic management) said, “We started this last year, in a way to reduce stress of the staff and to keep them engaged.”
There are about 400 aircraft movements an hour in Chennai airport and hundreds of movements in the Chennai airport international airspace.
V.V.G. Raju, regional executive director, AAI, said, “Air traffic has been increasing every day and the employees are under tremendous pressure. In fact, after the shortage in personnel was found, we are in the process of recruiting more people.”
