New Delhi: A section of Air India pilots on Wednesday approached civil aviation regulator DGCA with the allegation that the airline is forcing them to fly beyond their duty hours in violation of safety norms and demanded its intervention.
In a letter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), General Secretary of Indian Commercial Pilot's Association (ICPA) Captain T Praveen Keerthi said "the airline has failed to abide by the regulatory requirements and is constantly violating and forcing the pilots to violate FDTL."
It alleged Air India operated Delhi-Bangkok-Mumbai (AI 331/332) in violation of flying time limitation on August 17. Similarly, on August 20, two flights Cochin-Sharjah-Cochin (AI 933/934) and Calicut-Sharjah-Calicut (AI 997/998) were operated in violation of the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL).
03/10/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
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In a letter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), General Secretary of Indian Commercial Pilot's Association (ICPA) Captain T Praveen Keerthi said "the airline has failed to abide by the regulatory requirements and is constantly violating and forcing the pilots to violate FDTL."
It alleged Air India operated Delhi-Bangkok-Mumbai (AI 331/332) in violation of flying time limitation on August 17. Similarly, on August 20, two flights Cochin-Sharjah-Cochin (AI 933/934) and Calicut-Sharjah-Calicut (AI 997/998) were operated in violation of the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL).
03/10/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis
