The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has held a stakeholders\u2019 meeting with domestic airline operators over a proposal to change its procedures to ensure that two crew members are present in aircraft cockpits at all times.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”8BMCsqfSeVznEChdaIzrMkAezpnvpEpD”]The proposal adds to a series of others outlined by the GCAA to ensure a safer domestic air transport sector.<\/p>\n
A brainwave test report would now be a mandatory requirement from all prospective pilots applying for an initial licence from the GCAA, which, once granted, would be renewable annually.<\/p>\n
At the meeting, the acting Director General of GCAA, Mr. Abdulai Alhassan, said the tightening of cockpit-staffing rules became necessary due to recent high-profile tragedies in the global aviation industry.<\/p>\n
Ghanaian registered carriers would also be required to conduct periodic background security checks on all employed pilots and submit reports to GCAA inspectors at all times.<\/p>\n
The GCAA also indicated that local airline operators would be expected to ensure that flight crew undergo Human Factors (HM) training, including the already established Crew Resource Management (CRM)<\/p>\n
As part of the proposals, which are to take effect soon, the GCAA will impose a responsibility on cargo operators, which do not carry cabin crew, to consider a ground engineer or a loadmaster as the third crew on flight decks at all times.<\/p>\n
\u00a0It would be recalled that in March, Andreaz Lubitz, 27 and co-pilot of a Germanwings Flight 9525 aircraft, apparently crashed the airliner into the French Alps, killing all 150 passengers on board.<\/p>\n
Lubitz was believed to have intentionally locked the captain out of the flight deck before setting the aircraft on its lethal descent.<\/p>\n
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Credit: GCAA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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