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Article: Change flight rules: AI pilot union
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- The Hindustan Times
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- October 30, 2009
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Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- The Indian Pilot Guild (IPG), an Air India pilot union, on Thursday submitted a long list demand to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that is considering a change in flight duty timing rules.
The demands are significant as seven to eight per cent air mishaps are caused because of fatigued pilots.
The four-member government committee appointed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation headed by the DGCA chief Nasim Zaidi, was instituted after the ministry abruptly suspended a new set of the in 2007, buckling under pressure from airline owners who raised objections saying ...