DGCA imposes Rs 30 lakh fine on Tata-owned Air India
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Mumbai: Air India, the Tata-owned airline, has been fined Rs 30 lakh by the aviation regulatory body DGCA for allowing a pilot to fly a carrier without complying with certain regulatory requirements.
The DGCA, on January 29, also said that it had found "recurrent rostering issues..." about the airline, PTI reported.
The order to slap a penalty came after the response to a show-cause notice sent to Air India's head of operations and head of rostering, among other executives, on December 13, 2024, was found "unsatisfactory." The pilot "operated a flight on 7th July despite not having the mandatory recency requirement of 3 take-off and landings, leading to violation of para 3 of civil aviation requirement," the regulator said in its order.
Air India did not respond to a PTI query on this issue.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in its order, also said that "the (rostering) controllers (at Air India) overlooked the multiple spurious alerts reflecting on the CAE window, as per the submission made by M/s Air India Limited."
"Now, therefore, in the exercise of the powers conferred under Rule 162 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 ... (DGCA) hereby imposes a penalty of Rs 30,00,000...," as per the order.