NEW DELHI: Air India has terminated companies of a pilot who examined optimistic for alcohol consumption after working a global flight again to India.
Taking a tricky stand, the Tata group airline can also be engaged on submitting an FIR towards the captain who had operated a Phuket-Delhi flight final week and was subjected to a breathalyser (BA) check on arrival.Comments have been sought from Air India on this concern and awaited until the time of going to press.
“We have zero tolerance of these things and have taken very strong action, of not only terminating his service but are also planning to file an FIR as operating a flight under influence of alcohol is a criminal act. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been informed,” airline sources mentionedThe pilot was doing a coaching flight for a brand new captain. While pilots and cabin crew working home flights must bear pre-flight BA checks (as no alcohol is offered/served/offered on flights inside India), post-flight checks are performed on flight crew working worldwide flights (the place alcohol is offered.) In the primary six months of 2023, 33 pilots and 97 cabin-crew members had failed their breathalyser checks.
Failing a breathalyser check for the primary time means licence suspension for 3 months. The identical individual discovered over the restrict a second time will get his or her licence suspended for 3 years. A 3rd time means the licence can be revoked.