In the backdrop of the GermanWings incident where Andreas Lubitz,
co-pilot of the flight deliberately crashed the plane in the French Alps
earlier in 2015 killing 150 people on board, the Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA) is likely to have submitted a report on the need
for psychometric test for pilots.
After an approval from the DGCA, an expert committee will be formed to decide what should be the tests that are conducted and their quantum.
According to sources, the report by the committee suggests that a pilot should undergo tests at four stages in his career. These stages are likely to be when before pilot joins a Flight Training Organisation as a trainee, at the time of joining an airline, when he becomes a Commander and also in case an occurrence or an aberration is noticed.
According to flight deck procedures, India follows the guidelines of US Aviation regulator and had already announced a "cockpit policy" in 2010 under which if one of the crew members had to leave the cockpit during the non-critical phases of flight, the cabin crew is required to be inside the cockpit and occupy the observer seat.
Read news in full 17/07/15 Jagriti Chandra/CNN-IBN/IBN Live
After an approval from the DGCA, an expert committee will be formed to decide what should be the tests that are conducted and their quantum.
According to sources, the report by the committee suggests that a pilot should undergo tests at four stages in his career. These stages are likely to be when before pilot joins a Flight Training Organisation as a trainee, at the time of joining an airline, when he becomes a Commander and also in case an occurrence or an aberration is noticed.
According to flight deck procedures, India follows the guidelines of US Aviation regulator and had already announced a "cockpit policy" in 2010 under which if one of the crew members had to leave the cockpit during the non-critical phases of flight, the cabin crew is required to be inside the cockpit and occupy the observer seat.
Read news in full 17/07/15 Jagriti Chandra/CNN-IBN/IBN Live
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