Pilots, cabin crew may soon stop using perfumes, mouthwash
Crew members who are currently undergoing medication that contains alcohol are advised to consult with their airline’s doctor
Crew members who are currently undergoing medication that contains alcohol are advised to consult with their airline’s doctor
The pilots were reported safe but the technician, Pabbala Anil, who sustained critical injuries in the incident, succumbed to the wounds.
Taking note of the Air India urination case, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has imposed a financial penalty of Rs 30 lakh on the airline, DGCA officials said on Friday.
Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh and Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Runway 34' is getting a good response from the audience. The film is claimed to be based on a real-life incident. But the federation said that it is not aware of the reality portrayed in the film.
With an analytics company reporting that almost a third of the world’s passenger jets are parked around the world, and with airlines grounding more planes due to a lack of demand, pilots are bound to get rusty.
The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), in a letter to Rajiv Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India on Friday, said that around 50 pilots have received illegal termination letters from the Personnel Department in blatant violation of company's operation manual and service rules.
The scheme was circulated on July 14 and the pilots have been protesting that it "confers disproportionate powers" on the Chairman and Managing Director to pass an order requiring an employee to go on a compulsory leave without pay for a period of six months or for two years, and extendable upto five years.
The aviation consultancy firm CAPA, in its note in March had said, 'by the end of May-2020, most airlines in the world will be bankrupt. Coordinated government and industry action is needed – now – if catastrophe is to be avoided.'
After the ground search, the wreckage has been located and rescue operation is going on.
During the landing at Guwahati airport, the pilots landed the Dauphin SA 365 N3 helicopter without extending the landing gear, causing damage to the belly of the helicopter.
