Even a hangover can ground pilots: DGCA

New Delhi: Pilots beware! Even a hangover can ground you.
Tightening 'drinking and flying' rules, aviation regulator DGCA has warned that a pilot's licence can be suspended for five years when detected for a second time.
On the first occasion, he would be kept off duty and licence suspended for three months.
"Should an emergency occur, the crew who has alcohol in his system is just that much less capable of dealing with the problem," the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) on the issue, which was recently revised by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), said.
The DGCA said that studies had found that even when the blood alcohol levels were zero, there could be some effects of hangover which are due to congeners, which take 15 to 18 hours to dissipate. A hangover could be there for upto 36 hours.
29/06/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Safety Jun 2012