DGCA FDTL Rules: Civil Aviation Ministry has now made a plan to change the working hours of pilots. This means that the resting hours of pilots will increase. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that in view of the problem of fatigue of pilots, new rules are being considered, due to which it is proposed to reduce the duration of flight duty of pilots.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has introduced new flight duty rules on January 8, under which the weekly rest hours for pilots have been increased from 36 hours per week to 48 hours.
Will be able to fly for maximum 8 hours
DGCA has reduced the maximum flying time in a day for pilots to fly at night to eight hours. Along with this, the maximum landing time by the pilot in a day has been reduced to two hours.
Jyotiraditya Scindia gave information
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that after several reports related to fatigue, changes have been made in the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL). Jyotiraditya Scindia has written on social media platform He has said that we are amending the FDTL rules. Rest hours have increased under the new rules.
You will get relief for 48 hours
He said that these rules have been made to deal with the issue of pilot fatigue. Under the new rules of DGCA, rest period of 48 hours has been ensured instead of 36 hours.
