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- Airline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flyingA Delta pilot died by suicide, highlighting a culture of fear among commercial aviators who conceal mental health struggles, fearing licens...04 Dec, 2025, 07.42 AM IST
- Air India rolls out dedicated emotional, mental well-being app for pilots, cabin crewAir India has launched a mental well-being app for its pilots, crew, and families following the June crash of its Ahmedabad-London flight t...06 Aug, 2025, 10.43 PM IST
- Air India saw minor increase in pilots reporting sick after Ahmedabad plane crash: GovtFollowing the tragic Ahmedabad plane crash on June 12, which claimed 260 lives, Air India experienced a slight increase in pilots reporting...24 Jul, 2025, 03.57 PM IST
- Air crews fasten mental seatbelts against traumaFollowing the deadly Air India crash, airline crews are grappling with grief and fear. A copilot withdrew from a flight, citing illness. Pi...23 Jun, 2025, 08.54 AM IST
- DGCA might review framework for pilot fitness, emergency response system at airportsFollowing the death of an Air India Express pilot, the DGCA is expected to review pilot fitness protocols and airport emergency response sy...16 Apr, 2025, 04.43 PM IST
- Pilots' grouping ALPA seeks transparent norms for pilot rest, scheduling practicesFollowing a pilot's death, the Airline Pilots' Association of India emphasizes the need for better rest regulations. They are asking for hu...10 Apr, 2025, 07.41 PM IST
- From flexible battering to sustainable aviation fuel, these are the most exciting tech innovations of 2023The WEF's 'Top ten emerging technologies report 2023' assessed how each technology will impact people, the planet, prosperity, industry and...26 Jun, 2023, 07.13 PM IST
- DGCA proposes measures for mental wellbeing of flight crew, air traffic controllersThe agreement will come into force after the exchange of diplomatic notes between the parties confirming that each party has completed the ...22 Feb, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
- DGCA issues guidelines to assess fitness of transgender persons applying for pilot licenceThe transgender applicants, who have been taking hormone therapy or had a gender reassignment surgery within the last five years, will be s...10 Aug, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
- Home quarantine may be allowed for those returning from abroadAllowing home quarantine and permitting home food at external quarantine facilities are on the table. A key suggestion being considered is ...22 May, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
- 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...17 Jul, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
- DGCA panel to consult pilots on norms for assessing their mental healthA DGCA-appointed panel, set up to formulate norms for assessing the mental health of pilots, has decided to consult pilots across airlines ...28 Jun, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
- 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...24 May, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
- Hope DGCA soon comes up with screening norms for pilots' mental health: Ashok Gajapathi RajuDGCA sources had said that the regulator had began discussions with the airport medical services to formulate new norms for assessing the m...08 Apr, 2015, 09.22 PM IST
- 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...05 Apr, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
- Low-cost airlines are high stress for pilotsA better system would require pilots to undergo more rigorous and regular psychological screenings performed by psychologists, not physicia...31 Mar, 2015, 07.27 AM IST
- Jet Airways ordered to pay Rs 1.4 L to flier for death of pugsJet Airways has been directed by a Delhi consumer forum to pay Rs 1.44 lakh as compensation to a flier for the "emotional setback" caused b...31 Jul, 2011, 11.20 AM IST
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