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- DGCA finalising psychometric test norms for pilotsDGCA is preparing detailed norms including that for assessment of an individual's mental health at the time of joining a flying training sc...
- DGCA may make psychometric tests for pilots mandatoryDGCA may make it mandatory for airlines to conduct psychometric tests on pilots during recruitment and at regular intervals after hiring th...
- DGCA plans to help pilots tackle stressDGCA has come out with a draft civil aviation requirement (CAR) detailing the periodic training needed for pilots with stress on the human ...
- Psychometric tests likely to be made mandatory for pilotsAir India had for the first time availed the services of a psychologist from IAF for conducting psychological tests during a recent recruit...
- After psychologists’ feedback, Air India turns down 40 pilotsAir India has rejected about 40 of the 160 pilots, who had appeared for interviews on concerns raised by psychologists.
- EASA, IATA move to reduce risk of loss of control accidentsThe European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the publication of new training...
- DGCA to make psychological tests must for pilotsThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation has initiated a process to make psychological tests compulsory for pilots, in what will be a glob...
- Pilots' mental health checks: DGCA begins discussions on normsThe move is triggered by the recent Germanwings airline plane crash in the Alps, in which allegedly a mentally disturbed co-pilot crashed t...
- Air India pilots' body writes to DGCA about 'stressed' junior pilots in cockpitThis is the second time in the last 10 days that ICPA has red-flagged safety concerns in Air India to the Directorate General of Civil Avia...
- Was Argentine movie an inspiration to Germanwings co-pilot?Many cinema goers have demanded to delay or even cancel the screening of the movie, in respect for the 150 victims of the plane crash.
- Psychometric tests mulled for pilots of Indian carriers"It's an important issue. I think this is a must. We should carry out such tests (psychometric) from time to time. We are going to discuss ...
- Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had sick note for day of crashAfter raiding Andreas Lubitz’s apartment and his parents’ home, investigators found torn-up medical documents declaring him unfit to work.
- India has rules to prevent Germanwings-like crashAn incident like Germanwings plane crash in French Alps is unlikely to happen to Indian airlines. Local rules make it compulsory for carrie...
- Germany in state of grief after the Alpine plane crashThe German victims, on board the Airbus A320 flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, included a group of 16 students and two teachers from a h...
- PM Narendra Modi expresses sorrow over plane crash in France"Crash of the Germanwings flight is extremely unfortunate. We share the sorrow & pain of the families of those on board," Narendra Modi twe...
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