{"id":557785,"date":"2023-02-23T11:26:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T05:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=557785"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T05:56:47","slug":"dgca-asks-airlines-aai-to-promote-mental-health-for-flight-crew-atcos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/dgca-asks-airlines-aai-to-promote-mental-health-for-flight-crew-atcos\/","title":{"rendered":"DGCA asks airlines &amp; AAI to promote mental health for flight crew &amp; ATCOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Pilots, cabin crew and air traffic controllers (ATCOs) will have to undergo detailed clinical mental health assessment at an Indian Air Force (IAF) centre whenever a concern arises regarding their mental state that could affect performance and ability to operate safely \u2014 like as after an incident or accident.<\/p>\n<p>The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday issued guidelines for the \u201cmental health promotion of flight crew and ATCOs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlight crew and ATCOs are\u2026 accustomed to very high workloads and occupational stress situations\u2026 train regularly in techniques to stay proficient, calm in unexpected scenarios\u2026. However, the pressures at workplace and personal life cannot be addressed through professional skills, procedures or knowledge\u2026. Any failure to cope\u2026 can have dramatic effects on their mental wellbeing and negatively impair their professional performance,\u201d the DGCA said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Pilots, cabin crew and air traffic controllers (ATCOs) will have to undergo detailed clinical mental health assessment at an Indian Air Force (IAF) centre whenever a concern arises regarding their mental state that could affect performance and ability to operate safely \u2014 like as after an incident or accident. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday issued guidelines for the \u201cmental health promotion of flight crew and ATCOs.\u201d \u201cFlight crew and ATCOs are\u2026 accustomed to very high workloads and occupational stress situations\u2026 train regularly in techniques to stay proficient, calm in unexpected scenarios\u2026. However, the pressures at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,130,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}