Thursday, December 27, 2012

Pilots body alleges violation of rest norms by Air India


Mumbai: Alleging violation of weekly rest norms for the pilots by the airline , Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICAP) on Wednesday asked Air India CMD Rohit Nandan to take "stringent" action against those responsible for it.
"We request you to take stringent action against the persons responsible for manipulating the weekly rest, which amounts to violation of both civil aviation requirement and flight duty time limitations," ICPA, the apex body of erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots, said in a letter to Nandan.
The association has also advised its members to adhere to the Flight and Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms in the "interest of passenger safety."
27/12/12 PTI/Business Today
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