Tab on flight duty hours

New Delhi: The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) has decided to keep a tab on the duty hours of pilots and other crew members.
The regulator has asked all airlines to maintain an online record of the duty hours which they can regularly monitor.
The DGCA’s “Flight and Duty Time Limitation” rules specify the maximum flying hours for domestic and international pilots.
According to DGCA officials, they recently got a number of complaints from pilots of various airlines. “A number of them are not getting adequate rest between flights and this was affecting their work. Rules will be improved and finetuned so that all airlines follow suit,” said a DGCA official.
The officials said the improved system would have a provision of audit trail so that any change in data related to working hours could be tracked to its source.
“It will be fully in place by February 2012,” added the official.
01/09/11 The Telegraph

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2011