 - which oversees the country's aviation industry - is about to update its alcohol consumption laws. In the current guidelines crew members are banned from consuming a number of items that may make them fail a breathalyser test, such as mouthwash, CNN reports. It its later guidelines - due to be approved later this week - wearing perfume has been banned because having it on "may result into positive breath analyser test. Any crew member who is undergoing such medication shall consult the company doctor before undertaking flying assignment.' Although perfume generally contains trace amounts of alcohol, there is no scientific suggestion that putting it on your skin can get you drunk or make you fail a breath test. Despite this, its use may still be banned depending on consultation responses due later this week. The behaviour of pilots came under the spotlight last week when news of a British Airways aviator's alleged escapades came to light. Married First Officer Mike Beaton allegedly snorted cocaine off a topless woman before a flight, later boasting about taking the drug before attempting to fly 430 passengers back to the UK. He is alleged to have bragged to a cabin crew member about taking it ahead of a long-haul flight from South Africa to London. The flight was cancelled when the female crew member raised the alarm. In graphic detail he'd allegedly described getting drunk on vodka and taking cocaine with a woman, hours before he was due to take-){kind=link}
India’s Office of the Director General of Civil Aviation is considering banning pilots and flight attendants from wearing perfume onboard planes for an unlikely reason
Pilots and flight attendants may soon be stopped from wearing perfume when working for an unlikely reason.
While few airlines would hesitate in firing an aviator who was caught drunk while at the joystick, regulators in India have gone further in restricting liquid use among those up in the air.
India’s Office of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) – which oversees the country’s aviation industry – is about to update its alcohol consumption laws. In the current guidelines crew members are banned from consuming a number of items that may make them fail a breathalyser test, such as mouthwash, CNN reports.
It its later guidelines – due to be approved later this week – wearing perfume has been banned because having it on “may result into positive breath analyser test. Any crew member who is undergoing such medication shall consult the company doctor before undertaking flying assignment.”