Government to extend duty hours of Air India pilots, crew

New Delhi: Air India pilots and cabin crew would now have to work as much as their peers in other private airlines as the civil aviation ministry has decided to bring their flight duty time at par with what aviation regulator DGCA has mandated for the industry.
As per an agreement of about 700 erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots, unionised as Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), their maximum is restricted at 6.5-7 hours, much lower than 9-10 hours stipulated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR), revised in August 2011.
Meanwhile, Air India cabin crew unions have a lesser flight-time limit at 100-80 hours for a month as per their union agreements, compared with 125 hours stipulated by the DGCA. Their minimum rest time (time between two flights) is 10-12 hours as opposed to eight hours stipulated by the regulator.
07/09/12 Anindya Upadhyay/Economic Times

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