‘Forced’ to fly extra hours, Air India cabin crew start online drive

Mumbai: Angry at being "forced" to put in extra hours at work, a section of Air India (AI) flight attendants has launched an online campaign to highlight how safety norms are being violated in the process.
These AI employees have been uploading instances of such violations on a special page of a social networking site for the past 10 days. They contend that the extra duty hours leave them fatigued and ill-equipped to handle emergencies, if any, during a flight.
Pilots and flight attendants have to adhere to a set of work-rest guidelines, known as Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL), framed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The FDTL lays down the maximum number of hours of flight time and flight duty time a pilot/flight attendant can do in 24 hours or a week to prevent fatigue.
20/08/12 Manju V/Times of India

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