New Delhi: Cracking the whip on tipsy pilots, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has come up with stringent rules under which the licence of a cockpit crew would be suspended for three months for the first offence and cancelled for five years if he or she gets caught for the second time.
This new rule has been put in place now by the DGCA after several pilots belonging to different Indian carriers were caught drunk in the pre-flight tests in the recent past.
For the first offence, pilots would be kept off flying duty and his licence suspended for three months. The licence would be cancelled for five years if caught again.
04/04/12 Times of India
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