{"id":113021,"date":"2015-05-02T08:17:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T08:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=113021"},"modified":"2015-05-02T08:36:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T08:36:37","slug":"pilots-to-undergo-compulsory-brain-wave-test-gcaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/pilots-to-undergo-compulsory-brain-wave-test-gcaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots to undergo compulsory brain wave test – GCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has proposed that two crew members should remain in the cockpit of domestic flights throughout the course of a flight.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”xpT67sLeiST1pFJYLNtxhIw4f8yjf9Tz”]The GCAA Director General, Abdulai Alhassan, said the proposal forms part of others outlined by the GCAA to ensure a safer domestic air transport sector in the country.<\/p>\n
The GCAA Director General said this during a stakeholders meeting with domestic airline operators.<\/p>\n
According to him, a brain wave test report would now be a mandatory requirement from all prospective pilots and applying for GCAA initial license which once granted, would be renewable annually.<\/p>\n
Mr Alhassan said the tightening of cockpit-staffing rules became necessary due to the recent high profile tragedies in the aviation industry globally.<\/p>\n
He said Ghanaian registered carriers will also be required to conduct periodic background security checks on all employed pilots and submit reports to GCAA pilots at all times.<\/p>\n
Mr Alhassan said local airline operators will be expected to ensure that flight crew underwent Human Factors Training \u201cincluding the already established crew resource management programmes\u201d.<\/p>\n
The GCAA Director General said as part of the proposal, the GCAA would also impose a responsibility on cargo operators, who do not carry cabin crew, to consider a ground engineer or a load master as the third crew on flight decks at all times.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has proposed that two crew members should remain in the cockpit of domestic flights throughout the course of a flight. [contextly_sidebar id=”xpT67sLeiST1pFJYLNtxhIw4f8yjf9Tz”]The GCAA Director General, Abdulai Alhassan, said the proposal forms part of others outlined by the GCAA to ensure a safer domestic air transport sector in the country. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":113022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[23,4],"yoast_head":"\n