DGCA RULE 24
Procedure for Preflight Medical Check up
Prohibition on consumption of intoxicating and psychoactive substances –
(1) No person acting as, or carried in
aircraft for the purpose of acting as
pilot, commander, navigator, engineer,
cabin crew or other operating member of
the crew thereof, shall have taken or
used any alcoholic drink, sedative,
narcotic or stimulant drug or
preparation within twelve hours of the
commencement of the flight or take or
use any such preparation in the course
of the flight, and no such person shall,
while so acting or carried, be in a
state of intoxication or have detectable
blood alcohol whatsoever in his breath,
urine or blood alcohol analysis or in a
state in which by reason of his having
taken any alcoholic, sedative, narcotic
or stimulant drug or preparation, his
capacity so to act is impaired, and no
other person while in a state of
intoxication shall enter or be in
aircraft. |
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Total avoidance of alcohol should be a key element observed by every pilot in planning or accomplishing a flight.