{"id":1401,"date":"2011-04-05T16:49:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T16:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2011-04-05T16:49:52","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T16:49:52","slug":"new-rules-reduce-rest-period-for-cabin-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/2011\/04\/new-rules-reduce-rest-period-for-cabin-crew.html","title":{"rendered":"New rules reduce rest period for cabin crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Mumbai: <\/span>If the new draft circular introduced by the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) regarding flight duty time limit of aircraft crew comes into force, expect even more fatigued personnel to operate your flights.<br \/>\nWhile the draft allows airlines to make maximum use of manpower, it reduces rest hours of the cabin crew.<br \/>\nThe circular on flight duty time limit (FDTL) of airline crew has reduced their rest period. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Under the new circular, there is no provision for horizontal bunker beds to be provided to the cabin crew on ultra-long-haul flights. Only pilots have this privilege now while the cabin crew has to rest on passenger seats, which is bound to leave them tired,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said a cabin crew member from Air India.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Moreover, if the flight passes through four to seven time zones, the rest period has been reduced to 36 hours from 48 hours,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. The cabin crew also feels that their rest period onboard ultra-long flights should be at a stretch rather than be divided into two parts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The rest period for pilots is eight hours at a stretch but for us it is five hours, and that too divided into two,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<br \/>\nThe local night time of the crew has also been reduced by two hours and starts from 10pm to 6am instead of the earlier 8pm to 6am. It is the time the crew spends (rests) at a destination after the flight lands. On a positive note, the airlines have to maintain a record of the crews\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rest period. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This rule already exists but there is no penalty on airlines for not adhering to it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">05\/04\/11 Naveeta Singh\/<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/report_new-rules-reduce-rest-period-for-cabin-crew_1528404\" target=\"_blank\">Daily News &amp; Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: If the new draft circular introduced by the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) regarding flight duty time limit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}