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Air India Pilots' Body To DGCA: 'Over-Burdened' Co-Pilots In Cockpit Is 'Perfect Recipe For Disaster'
The fresh communication to the regulator comes following the action of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of the Germanwings flight who last week crashed the Airbus A320 plane into the French Alps killing himself
and 149 others.
Reports thereafter have said that 27-year-old Lubitz was suffering from depression, but had hidden this from his airline, which is a subsidiary of Lufthansa.
The incident has triggered a debate over pilots’ mental health in India as well.
ICPA said that these junior pilots were inducted into Air India from Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy on the terms of permanent employment, but the management later decided to unilaterally change the terms of employment to one-off contract.
Pointing out that a pilot’s job is high-pressure and stressful, ICPA said that “several hundred people’s lives are in jeopardy if a pilot commits a mistake”.
“At times of equipment malfunction, turbulence or emergency, a pilot must remain calm… How can an Air India pilot perform his duties in such a manner when he is already highly stressed?” ICPA asked.
“We hope DGCA will act on this serious flight safety issue with swift action to avert any tragedy,” the letter added.
When contacted, AI officials were not available for comment.
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