New Delhi: After tightening the health and flying track record norms for foreign pilots working in India, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has now framed strict rules for ensuring safety inside cockpits of flights operated by Indian carriers.
DGCA chief Nasim Zaidi has made it mandatory for the senior-most cabin crew of each medium and long haul international flight to maintain a log for two things — speaking on intercom to the co-pilot and commander alternatively— every half hour in lean activity periods of flight. And also keeping a record of when either the pilot or commander went of the cockpit for some reason, a cabin crew member was there to ensure the presence of two persons in the cockpit.
These logs will have to be maintained on international flights to ensure that pilots in cockpit are alert even during the dull moments of long journeys. The rule of cabin crew talking to the commander and co-pilot alternately every half hour was made some years back but there is no way of knowing if this is being followed or not.
01/08/10 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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