{"id":345791,"date":"2023-02-05T08:45:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T03:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineradionepal.gov.np\/en\/?p=345791"},"modified":"2023-02-05T08:45:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T03:00:57","slug":"caan-enforced-new-rule-reduces-duty-hours-of-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2023\/02\/05\/345791.html","title":{"rendered":"CAAN-enforced new rule reduces duty hours of pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineradionepal.gov.np\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/CAAN-nagarik-uddyayan-notice.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338224\" width=\"1021\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/CAAN-nagarik-uddyayan-notice.png 640w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/CAAN-nagarik-uddyayan-notice-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 5, Kathmandu: <\/strong>The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has come up with six-point decisions to enhance aviation safety reforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula shared that a decision was made to enforce new rules so as to make the aviation service further safe, reliable, dignified and disciplined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further said CAAN took the initiative to improve professional responsibility and accountability of air service providers to their service delivery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesperson further noted that the six-point decision would be strictly implemented as a commitment to make the aviation safety further effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the new measure, CAAN has reduced pilot&#8217;s duty time by one hour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, the existing arrangement of allowing a pilot to fly 10 hours and make 10 landings a day has been reduced to eight hours and eight times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case of pilots flying planes in short runway, the existing duty has been reduced to seven from eight hours a day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, in case of the pilots operating flights in long runway, the nine-hour duty limit has been slashed to eight hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the CAAN, all aircrafts excluding helicopter should compulsorily keep at least 500-feet above the surface during short take-off and landing (STOL) and at least 1000 feet above the ground in accessible areas while approaching under the visual flight rule <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, CAAN has enforced a mandatory rule of proficiency check skill test from concerned aircraft manufacturing company or the recommended agency before the main pilot carries out proficiency check test of another pilot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 5, Kathmandu: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has come up with six-point decisions to enhance aviation safety reforms. CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula shared that a decision was made to enforce new rules so as to make the aviation service further safe, reliable, dignified and disciplined. He further said CAAN took the initiative &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":338224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-345791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345792,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345791\/revisions\/345792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345791"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=345791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}