A pilot of a outstanding airline has been faraway from flight obligation after he failed a drug take a look at, a senior DGCA official mentioned on Friday.
He’s the fourth pilot to fail the drug take a look at because the process for examination of aviation personnel for consumption of psychoactive substances got here into impact from January 31. The take a look at is finished for the flight crew and ATCs on a random foundation.
Up to now, 4 pilots and one Air Site visitors Controller (ATC) have examined constructive for psychoactive substances.
In response to the official, a pilot of a outstanding airline was subjected to the drug take a look at within the nationwide capital.
He was discovered constructive within the confirmatory take a look at report acquired on August 23 and has been faraway from the flight obligation, the official mentioned.
As per the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR), in case the results of the confirmatory drug take a look at is constructive for the primary time, then the personnel involved might be referred to a de-addiction centre by the organisation involved for de-addiction and rehabilitation.
If the identical personnel exams constructive for the second time, then his or her licence might be suspended for a interval of three years. And if the violation occurs for the third time, then the personnel’s licence might be cancelled.
Within the introduction to the CAR, the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has talked about that the worldwide unfold of use of psychoactive substances, their common availability and the ever-increasing variety of addicted customers is a severe concern to aviation security.
“Their use causes behavioural, cognitive and physiological adjustments. This manifests in dependence, main well being associated points and destructive impact on efficiency,” it had mentioned.
