IndiGo Advocated For Fatigue Risk Management System During Deposition

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing crisis in the aviation sector, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) panel sources have stated that during deposition, IndiGo was advocating for Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS), not Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) rules.

The airline, along with Air India, had asked DGCA to introduce a Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) last year as well. 

This comes as the DGCA has summoned IndiGo Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Isidre Porqueras for Wednesday. The heads of the airline will appear before a four-member panel appointed by the DGCA to probe the cancellation and delay of thousands of flights by IndiGo allegedly due to a pilot shortage triggered by the now-scrapped amendments to the FDTL rules. The panel comprises Joint DG Sanjay Brahamane, Deputy Director General Amit Gupta, Flight Operations Inspector Lokesh Rampal and senior Flight Operations Inspector Kapil Manglik.

Meanwhile, IndiGo cancelled hundreds of flight today (Monday) even though it claimed of having recorded “considerable and consistent improvement” across the network. 

This is a developing story.

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