New Delhi: With dense fog season just about to start, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked airlines to submit data on the category-III trained pilots working with them.
DGCA chief Arun Mishra said that airlines had been asked to ensure that CAT-III pilots, trained to fly in visibility as low as 50m, should be rostered on all flights operating to and from fog affected cities during low visibility days.
Met had predicted that the fog season in Delhi would last from December 10 to February 5. Dense fog of long duration is now being expected after December 20 while visibility can fall to moderate fog levels between December 10 and 12. "A meeting was held recently with all airlines and we have asked them for their list of CAT-III trained pilots to ensure that they are prepared to operate during dense fog. The airlines will have to schedule their duties in such a way that most of them are stationed in affected cities like Delhi, Amritsar etc," said Mishra.
08/12/12 Times of India
