Revealed By: Shahrukh Shah
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Air India has suspended a girl pilot for 3 months for failing the pre-flight breath analyzer take a look at lately, in accordance with an official.
The Boeing 787 pilot, who’s a primary officer, failed the take a look at when she was to function a flight from Delhi to Hyderabad, the official mentioned.
Following the incident, which occurred final week, the official mentioned the pilot has been grounded for 3 months.
Air India didn’t provide any touch upon the difficulty.
Beneath the DGCA (Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation) norms for all scheduled operators, every crew member will probably be subjected to a pre-flight breath analyser examination on the first departure airport throughout a flight responsibility interval.
Stringent punishments are in place when a crew member assessments constructive in a breath analyser take a look at, relying on whether or not it’s repetitive. It’s relevant for each pre and submit flight assessments.
A pilot who fails the breath analyser take a look at for the primary time will probably be suspended from flying duties for a interval of three months, as per the norms.
Final 12 months, the DGCA revised the norms on the process for medical examination of plane personnel for alcohol consumption.
“No crew member shall eat any drug/formulation or use any substance reminiscent of mouthwash/ tooth gel or any such product which has alcoholic content material.
“This may occasionally end in a constructive breath analyser take a look at. Any crew member who’s present process such medicine shall seek the advice of the corporate physician earlier than enterprise flying task,” as per the regulator.
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