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Jun 25th, 2008, 20:09
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Pilots in India often fail alcohol tests
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Around 50 pilots each year in India are being grounded because they had consumed alcohol before taking a flight, the country's civil aviation authorities said on Tuesday.
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), a body controlling airline operations in India, said dozens of pilots are found to have consumed alcohol during routine pre-medical tests every year. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/...india_pilots_1 |
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Jun 25th, 2008, 20:30
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They might be doubting there own flying skills?
Few times i really suspected the pilot of being a former bus driver or someone who was learning and landed a plane for the first time. But this one gives a different view on these experiences. I'm alive still so most are ok. |
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Jun 25th, 2008, 22:47
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At least they're catching and grounding them.
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Jun 25th, 2008, 23:48
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Account Closed
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the GOI has no laws barring former bus drivers from becoming drunken pilots.
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Jun 26th, 2008, 00:04
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Naan.tering Nabob
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  Especially sans emoticon, it's gotta be a candidate for the Indiamike.com top-ten most inane posts of all time. 
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We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot  Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?
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Jun 26th, 2008, 01:01
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singsub is hard to decipher, but to each to their own. I am sure there is a great reason to dislike India, yet participate on IM. Shrug (moderators - a needed emiticon). |
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Jun 26th, 2008, 22:11
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Jun 26th, 2008, 22:13
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also i have no great reason to dislike india. i am indian, i like some things about india, and dont like some others. |
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Jun 27th, 2008, 04:34
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Plane overshoots Mumbai as both pilots go to sleep
An Air IndiaJaipur-Mumbai flight flew well past its destination with both its pilots fatigued and fast asleep in the cockpit. When the pilots were finally woken up by anxious Mumbai air traffic controllers, the plane was about half way to Goa
Full Story: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/P...ow/3165569.cms Last edited by Nick-H : Jun 27th, 2008 at 12:51. Reason: Tidied up the formatting tags that weren't working |
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