{"id":250974,"date":"2023-07-06T20:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=250974"},"modified":"2023-07-06T20:54:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:24:20","slug":"what-are-flight-duty-time-limitation-norms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-are-flight-duty-time-limitation-norms\/","title":{"rendered":"What are flight duty time limitation norms?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cPilot refuses to operate Lucknow-Chennai flight due to fatigue: What are flight duty time limitation norms?\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express on 6th July 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

A recent IndiGo flight from Dehradun to Chennai was delayed by several hours as the pilot complained of fatigue.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pilot <\/span>refused to operate the flight, citing flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Pilot Fatigue?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) defines flight fatigue\/pilot fatigue, as a physiological and psychological state of tiredness and weariness. It can be caused by prolonged periods of wakefulness and\/or insufficient restorative sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pilot fatigue is a cause of real concern. It can cause a pilot to make wrong decisions or even fall asleep inside the cockpit, leading to a fatal crash.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are Flight<\/b> duty time limitation (FDTL) norms?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The flight duty time limitations (FDTL) are laid down by the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It ensures adequate rest timings for pilots and flight attendants and prevent fatigue-related safety issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The DGCA mandates that all airlines follow FDTL norms. Norms include rules such as all crew members can fly a maximum of 8 hours in a day, 35 hours in a week, 125 hours in a month and 1,000 hours in a year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other rules include that every crew member shall be given rest, which will be pro-rata twice the flight time, subject to a minimum of 10 hrs in any 24 consecutive hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the responsibility of airlines?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Every airline is required to formulate its own FDTL scheme, which must be compliant with the regulations issued by the DGCA. <\/span><\/p>\n

The FDTL scheme needs to be approved by the DGCA and must be a part of the airline\u2019s operations manual.<\/span><\/p>\n

The DGCA rules prohibit airlines from asking flight crew to operate a flight if the prescribed time limitations are exceeded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, carriers are not supposed to ask a crew member to operate a flight if it is known or suspected that the flight crew member is fatigued to the extent that the safety of flight may be adversely affected.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cPilot refuses to operate Lucknow-Chennai flight due to fatigue: What are flight duty time limitation norms?\u201d published in Indian Express on 6th July 2023 What is the News? A recent IndiGo flight from Dehradun to Chennai was delayed by several hours as the pilot complained of fatigue.… Continue reading What are flight duty time limitation norms?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1731,7965,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-250974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-bill-and-acts","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":14,"cached_at":1698378597,"cached_date":1698416931},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}