Rajesh Kumar
Senior Aviation Trainer & Curriculum Design Head
Wings Institute Vadodara · 22+ years
LinkedIn →Rajesh Kumar is the Senior Aviation Trainer and Head of Curriculum Design at Wings Institute. With 22+ years of hands-on experience in cabin crew training, safety procedures, and mock cabin operations, Rajesh has personally trained 3,000+ cabin crew members across Wings Institute batches. Former flight attendant with Air India (12 years) holding airline-issued DGCA cabin-crew clearance during that tenure, bringing real-world aviation safety expertise to classroom instruction. Co-designed the A330 mock cabin training modules and serves as lead internal examiner for the Wings cabin crew course-completion programme. Passionate about making aviation training practical, safety-focused, and career-ready.
Areas of expertise
- Cabin crew safety training
- DGCA regulations & compliance
- Mock cabin operations
- In-flight service procedures
- Emergency protocols & evacuation
- Customer service excellence
- International flight standards
- Training curriculum design
Education
- Delhi Institute of Hotel Management
- Air India in-house Cabin Crew Training (DGCA-mandated airline programme)
Selected achievements
- 22+ years aviation training (Air India 12 years + Wings 10 years)
- Trained 3,000+ cabin crew members; 95%+ cleared the airline-administered DGCA cabin-crew exam on first attempt after recruitment
- Designed A330 mock cabin training modules (24-seat facility)
- Lead internal examiner for the Wings cabin crew course-completion programme. Wings cabin-crew curriculum is designed in line with DGCA CAR Section 7 Series M Part I and ICAO industry-standard guidelines and protocols
- Developed emergency procedure video series (used across 5 Indian airlines)
- Led curriculum update for international airline requirements (Emirates, Qatar)
- Mentored 50+ junior trainers now teaching across India
- Co-authored "Cabin Crew Safety Handbook" (Wings Institute standard text)