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Regulator DGCA puts stricter breath analyser test norms in place for pilotsAviation regulator DGCA has tightened breath analyser test rules for pilots. Repeated violations now risk license cancellation. Foreign pil...- Breath analyser test: DGCA issues revised norms; pilots, crew members barred from using mouthwash, tooth gelRevised regulations from the aviation regulator, the DGCA, now prohibit pilots and crew members from using mouthwash, tooth gel, or any sim...
- DGCA starts probe into Air India pilot letting friend inside cockpit, airline vows zero tolerance"We have taken serious note of the reported incident and investigations are underway in Air India. The matter is reported to the DGCA and w...
- Breath analyser tests for aviation personnel to continue as per DGCA guidelines: Delhi HCThe court however refused to allow DGCA's request to permit the conduct of BAT tests as per pre-COVID protocols i.e. without the doctor and...
- DGCA stops operations at 2 flying training schools due to safety concernsThe two schools are Chimes Aviation Academy in Madhya Pradesh and NMIMS Academy of Aviation in Maharashtra, it said. Chimes Aviation Academ...
- DGCA audits 30 flying training organisations, finds multiple safety violationsConsequently, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the approval of one FTO, issued warning letter to two accounta...
- 9 pilots, 32 cabin-crew members failed pre-flight alcohol tests between Jan 1 and Apr 30: DGCAThe DGCA had stated last month that airlines must ensure that 50 per cent of their cockpit and cabin-crew members are subjected to pre-flig...
- ATCs and 5% of pilots, cabin crew on duty to undergo random breath analyser test: HCIt made it clear that if a pilot, cabin crew or ATC is found to have consumed such substances and had given a false undertaking, such perso...
- Consider concerns of ATCs, HC tells medical panel looking into need for BA test on pilotsThe direction by Justice Prathiba M Singh came while hearing a plea moved by the ATCs Guild against BA tests in view of the prevailing COVI...
- DGCA orders resumption of pre-flight alcohol test for pilots, cabin crewThe aviation regulator had on March 29 this year suspended breath analyser (BA) test for "all aviation personnel" like pilots, cabin crew m...
- Air India pilots union asks DGCA to temporarily suspend pre-flight and post-flight alcohol testsReferring to the Spicejet pilot's case, a letter by Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) stated that "continuing BA Tests in these c...
- Amid coronavirus scare, AI pilots' body seeks exemption from breath analyser testIn a letter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation chief Arun Kumar, the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) said the virus is "highly dangerou...
- Coronavirus: DGCA suspends pre-flight alcohol test at Kerala airports"The mandatory BA test for flight crew who are operating out of Kerala's airports has been stopped for the next 15 days in light of coronav...
- DGCA proposes breath analyser test for air traffic controllers, othersA senior DGCA official said it is a big move as the framework would cover all those people, who work on airside.
- Post Air India incident, DGCA bars off-duty crew members from travelling in cockpitThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the national carrier to take strict action against the pilot.
- Air India pilot fails alcohol test twice, DGCA wants 'strict' action including terminationAccording to sources, the national carrier has already suspended Singh for three months over Saturday's incident.
- Soon, strict rules to check tipsy air crewIf a pilot or crew member fails a pre-flight test and then refuses to undergo or skips a post-flight BA test, or vice versa, his or her lic...
- SpiceJet pilot's flying permit cancelled for failing alcohol testRule 24 of Aircraft Rules prohibits crew members from taking any alcoholic drink 12 hours prior to the commencement of a flight and alcohol...
- Breather for drunk pilots as DGCA dilutes normsBefore this dilution, pilots would have their licence suspended for three months when caught drunk for the first time at work.
- India's most protected family, Gandhis’ charter operator gets notice for falsifying breath testsThe most recent violation was reportedly on April 14, 2014 when Rahul Gandhi flew from Delhi to Bhubaneshwar in GMR's luxury Falcon 2000-Lx.
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