Mumbai: 'Make pilots flying drunk a crime’

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Updated on: 25 December,2023 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai
Diwakar Sharma | diwakar.sharma@mid-day.com

As RTI data shows 55 pilots tested positive for alcohol before flight, experts say 1-month suspension not enough

The licences of the 55 pilots who tested positive for blood alcohol were suspended for one month. Representation Pic

Key Highlights

In absence of any punishment meted out by DGCA, airlines pilots in India are drinking duty
RTI eport revealed that at least 55 pilots tested positive for blood alcohol
Civil aviation experts accused the DGCA of succumbing to the pressure of airlines

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