But this rule had many loopholes. We mentioned in our previous article, “In spite of alcohol tests being mandatory, airlines take a lenient stance to keep the schedules of flights intact”. Even though drunk pilots would like to claim that they did not break any law as they had been caught before take off, no leniency should be entertained from pilots or airlines.
We would also like to applaud the decision of the aviation ministry to make drinking before flights a legal offence for pilots with criminal culpability. In addition to that, the law has also empowered DGCA to take criminal action. But still, our demand has not been fulfilled completely. The law should be amended to include post-flight breath tests also as we highlighted in our story, “Till now, the DGCA has been monitoring pilots through breath analysers before the flight, without keeping a check on whether the pilot drinks during the flight”. In closed cockpits, that is very much a possibility. So the ministry still needs to go another step beyond their current “zero tolerance” level on aviation safety!
We would also like to applaud the decision of the aviation ministry to make drinking before flights a legal offence for pilots with criminal culpability. In addition to that, the law has also empowered DGCA to take criminal action. But still, our demand has not been fulfilled completely. The law should be amended to include post-flight breath tests also as we highlighted in our story, “Till now, the DGCA has been monitoring pilots through breath analysers before the flight, without keeping a check on whether the pilot drinks during the flight”. In closed cockpits, that is very much a possibility. So the ministry still needs to go another step beyond their current “zero tolerance” level on aviation safety!
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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