Federation of Indian Pilots urges DGCA to withdraw draft norms for fatigue risk mgmt system
Mumbai called on Monday, September 15 (PTI), on Monday, the regulator DGCA called on the Risk Risk Risk Risk Risk Management System Draft Directives for airlines, and the proposed framework was “ignores” the operational realities of Indian aviation and jumped basic legal protections.
On September 4, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was released with a detailed draft circular on the Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS). Regulator, the aim is to increase the safety of flight through scientific, data -oriented fatigue management approaches completing the existing prescriptive FDTL regulations.
The movement also arrived at a time when the highly discussed flight duty limitation (FDTL) norms for pilots were gradually applied with concerns about fatigue in various neighborhoods between the airline team.
Against this fund, on Monday, the Indian Pilots Federation (FED), the guard dog’s circular draft operations on FRMS basically “legal procedure, timing, and substance,” he said.
“He proposes a complex solution for an ecosystem that does not dominate the basic information, ignores the operational facts of Indian aviation, absorbs basic legal guarantees and does not include the most critical element of a successful Frms:”
Stating that the circular is not a step towards advanced security in writing, FIP said that there is a plan for regulatory uncertainty and commercial exploitation that will lead to the deterioration of security margins.
FIP, “General Manager of Civil Aviation, to take into account the serious concerns specified in this presentation, to withdraw this defective offer back and make the constructive road forward. He said.
DGCA searched for stakeholders’ comments about the draft office until September 15th.
In addition to other aspects, new FDTL norms require increasing weekly resting times up to 48 hours, extending night hours, and limiting the number of night landing to only two against six months.
There were reservations about domestic airlines, including Indigo and Air India, new FDTL norms that provide more rest hours for pilots.
Some parts of the new framework come into force as of June, while the remaining parts will be implemented as of November this year.
