No motherhood for 4 years, women fighter pilots said

IAF sources clarified that the notice is not legally binding and is to ensure that their training is not affected.

The three cadets who will be inducted into the Indian Air Force on June 18 as the first group of women fighter pilots.

New Delhi: The first three women combat pilots in India have been warned by the IAF to abstain from motherhood for the next four years so as not to adversely affect the process of lifelong learning. However, IAF sources clarified that the notice is not legally binding and is to ensure that their training is not affected.

The three women pilots will be launched in the flow of combat on 18 June this year after the successful completion of the initial training. Thereafter, if they return to the advanced training of one year and enter into a cockpit combat in June 2017. "continuous training is needed for a minimum of five years for fighter pilots, men or women to become alert. all three women are about to complete a year of training ", they said the sources, adding that pregnancy means that the entire training program is disturbed.

"It is not only the cost but also the time is affected. Young fighter pilots are advised not even think about marriage until a certain age," he said. Bhawana Kanth, Mohana and Avani Singh Chaturvedi are students who qualified for the current battle after women opened in October 2015.

It should be noted that they will go to Bidar in Karnataka in June 2016 to phase-III training for a year in Hawk advanced jet trainers before they get to fly supersonic fighter jets. "They are not ready for combat, even when they finish their training Hawk. They make multiple flight several warplanes also before being declared on alert," said the more sources.