Air India Express plays with lives of passengers

New Delhi: Endangering the lives of thousands of passengers, Air India Express, the low-cost arm of national carrier Air India, has been found to have violated the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) regulations for their pilots (rendering them prone to fatigue), investigations by aviation regulator DGCA have revealed.
In an indictment of Air India Express on the matter, DGCA discovered that the airline had 'misused' the specific 'dispensation' on FDTL given by DGCA for one sector and had illegally applied it to all its sectors 'in contravention of aircraft rules'.
DGCA also found that 'privilege/casual/sick leave' for pilots are being used as part of their rest period in violation of rules. It also found that 'no weekly off (for pilots) in many cases were observed'.
Air India and Air India Express officials said the air-safety violations pointed out by the DGCA were under examination.
22/01/12 Sridhar Kumaraswami/Asian Age

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