1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser tests in 5 years: Railways Minister Vaishnaw

Dec 15, 2023

A total of 1,761 loco pilots have failed the Breathalyser (BA) test in the last five years, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw informed...

DGCA suspends 9 pilots, 32 cabin crew members for failing pre-flight breath analyser test

May 10, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 10 : The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended nine pilots and 32 cabin crew members who failed...

ICPA demand stay on Breath Analyser test amid raging COVID-19, writes to DGCA

Apr 13, 2021

New Delhi [India], April 13 : Pilots' union of national carrier Air India (AI), Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), on Tuesday wrote a letter...

11 test pilots, 2 test engineers graduate from AFTPS in Bengaluru

May 22, 2020

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 23 : Eleven Test Pilots and two Flight Test Engineers of the 42nd Flight Test Course graduated from the Air...

COVID -19: Breath analyser tests set to resume for pilots, crew as situation improves

Sep 07, 2021

New Delhi [India] September 7, : The Director-General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is set to re-start the mandatory breath analyser (BA) tests for all...

Five Air India pilots test positive for COVID-19, had flown cargo flights to China

May 10, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 10 : Five Air India pilots, who had undertaken cargo flights to China, have tested positive for coronavirus during the...