TUMAKURU: Amid widespread disruptions in air travel due to multiple IndiGo flight delays and cancellations, Congress MLA K N Rajanna said on Saturday that the disruption was also the fault of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and the fingers cannot be pointed only towards the airlines.

He claimed it was due to the DGCA’s law, which ultimately led IndiGo to declare a pilot shortage, as it requires pilots to serve only eight hours. According to him, IndiGo Airlines was making its pilots work 10-12 hours, so when they had to comply with the law, they declared a pilot shortage.

Rajanna said, “Because of the shortage of pilots, the flights were rescheduled, and that’s why all these things are going on. The DGCA has a specific law requiring a pilot to serve only 8 hours, but In

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