Need stricter safeguards before DGCA implements fatigue risk management system: ALPA India

Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) India on Monday said regulator DGCA’s proposed fatigue risk management system may become a tool for air operators to extend duty periods at the expense of safety unless there are strict safeguards in place.

In a slew of recommendations to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the union also asked the regulator to put the implementation of the proposed system on hold until the final probe report into the fatal Air India plane crash on June 12 is finalised and relevant safety recommendations on fatigue are incorporated.