{"id":278278,"date":"2024-01-17T18:35:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=278278"},"modified":"2024-01-17T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T13:05:14","slug":"civil-aviation-requirements-car-addressing-passenger-attacks-on-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/civil-aviation-requirements-car-addressing-passenger-attacks-on-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR): Addressing Passenger Attacks on Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>-This post is based on the article “A passenger attacked a pilot. How are airlines expected to respond?<\/strong>” published in “The Indian Express<\/strong>” on 16th January 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Recently, a passenger assaulted an IndiGo airline pilot following a prolonged delay caused by heavy fog in Delhi. This article explores the responses of airlines to such incidents of unruly passenger behavior.<\/p>\n

How are airlines supposed to respond to incidents of unruly passenger behaviour?<\/h2>\n

The DGCA has issued guidelines known as ‘Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR)<\/span>‘ to all airlines. It outlines procedures to be followed in handling varying degrees of unruly passenger behavior during and after incidents.<\/p>\n

1) The airline should first notify passengers<\/span> that unruly behavior, as per guidelines, may lead to possible arrest.<\/p>\n

2) If the pilots and central control determine that cabin crew cannot manage the unruly passenger, they must promptly land at the nearest airport<\/span>.<\/p>\n

3) Upon landing, an airline representative will file an FIR (First Information Report)<\/span> with the relevant security agency at the aerodrome, where the unruly passenger will be handed over.<\/p>\n

4) There are different levels of unruly passenger behavior outlined in the guidelines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Level 1<\/strong><\/td>\nUnruly behaviour, including physical gestures, verbal harassment, and unruly inebriation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Level 2<\/strong><\/td>\nPhysically abusive behaviour, including pushing, kicking, hitting, and grabbing or inappropriate touching or sexual harassment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Level 3<\/strong><\/td>\nLife-threatening behaviour, including damage to aircraft operating systems, physical violence such as choking, eye gouging, murderous assault, and attempted or actual breach of flight crew compartment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What penalties can unruly behaviour by a flight passenger attract?<\/h2>\n

1) The airline can ban the unruly passenger for up to 30 days<\/span> immediately after the incident.<\/p>\n

2) If the Internal Committee doesn’t reach a decision within 30 days, the passenger will be allowed to fly<\/span>.<\/p>\n

3) Airlines must keep a database of unruly passengers, sharing it with the DGCA and other airlines to maintain a No-Fly List.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) Level 1 and 2 offenses<\/strong> may result in flying bans of up to three months and six months, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

5) Level 3 offense<\/strong> incurs a minimum 2-year ban with no maximum limit<\/span>.<\/p>\n

6) Appeal-<\/strong> Banned individuals can appeal within 60 days to an Appellate Committee<\/span> led by a retired High Court judge. An appeal against the appellate panel\u2019s decision shall be made to a High Court.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus- Polity and Nation(Governance)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source-This post is based on the article “A passenger attacked a pilot. How are airlines expected to respond?” published in “The Indian Express” on 16th January 2024. Why in the News? Recently, a passenger assaulted an IndiGo airline pilot following a prolonged delay caused by heavy fog in Delhi. This article explores the responses of… Continue reading Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR): Addressing Passenger Attacks on Pilots<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-278278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278278","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\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}