Hat's off! You concluded the work to its concrete conclusion. We all need to keep the flame going on other fronts. Glad if u could send me the copy of the CAR...
Cheers Ekinath On 6/16/11, Mohammed Asif Iqbal <asifmaiq...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > As promised I am copying the content of the circular issued by DGCA to all > airlines. I am going to forward original PDF document to George and request > him to publishe it on eyeway web site. > > In case you need this circular ; please feel free to reach out to me and I > would be happy to Email it to you. > > Thanks and regards > > Asif > > letter1 on carriage of persons.pdf > > 2 > > No.: 21-1/2010-AED > > Date: 13th Jun 2011 > > To > > The CEOs of all Scheduled Domestic Airlines > > Subject: Carriage of incapacitated passengers. > > Sir, > > DGCA has issued Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) Section 3, Series M, Part I > on > > Carriage by Air of Persons with Disability and/or Persons with Reduced > Mobility. In > > accordance with the provisions of the above mentioned CAR, no airline shall > refuse to > > carry persons with disability or persons with reduced mobility. Airlines are > also required to > > formulate a detailed procedure for carriage of disabled persons or persons > with reduced > > mobility and publish the same on their website. > > It has been observed that information available on the website of scheduled > > domestic airlines in this regard is very sketchy and incomplete. Further, > reports have been > > received in this office that one of the scheduled domestic airlines has > denied boarding to > > the blind passenger. It may be stated that blind passengers fall in the > category of > > incapacitated passengers who do not require any medical clearance or special > forms and > > only require special assistance at the airport or in embarking/disembarking. > > > In view of the above, all the airlines are directed to formulate a detailed > policy for > > carriage of disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility including > blind and publish the > > same on their respective website. All the airlines are also directed to make > the same available > > at different airports and also sensitize their employees in this regard. > > Non-compliance of the above instructions will be viewed very seriously. > > Yours faithfully, > > 264 > > (Lalit Gupta) > > Deputy Director General > > For Director General of Civil Aviation > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- Regards Ekinath Khedekar Sr Mgr Corporate Strategy & Planning, Reliance Power Limited, I block, North wing, DAKC, New Mumbai Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in