Cabin crew must remain medically fit to discharge duties of in-flight operations including aircraft emergency as specified in the operations manual. Considering the ageing process and requirement to perform cabin safety duty efficiently, frequent medicals for Aviation crew are prescribed. The cabin crew are categorized as fit, temporary unfit or permanently unfit based on their medical assessment. The temporary unfit employees are given time to get back in shape to fly again.
Why Medical Examination for Aviation Crews is required?
Cabin crew medical examinations and assessments are carried out by an Aeromedical Examiner (AME) or Approved Occupational Health Medical Practitioner (OHMP). All aviation workers are tested for the following psychoactive substances: Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, Cannabis, Cocaine, Opioids, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepine and MDMA or Ecstasy. If an aviation staff is tested positive in a drug test, the DGCA must be informed within 24 hours. In case a person is found positive in a drug test twice during work, his or her license will be suspended for 3 years, but if the test is positive the third time it will be cancelled.
What are the Medical Requirements of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
We offer Health Examination Packages for Cabin Crews that meet CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) guidelines. Our Aeromedical Examiner (AME) will provide expert care and advice to ensure that you are fit and healthy enough to carry out your job without endangering yourself or those around you. We aim to make the process as simple as possible.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to re-start the mandatory breath analyzer (BA) tests for all pilots, crew and other staff members involved in flight operations. The compulsory daily breath analyzer (BA) tests were suspended during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
- Cabin crew members under 40 years of age must undergo medical tests once in every four years; once in every two years for cabin crew members between 40 and 50 years of age, but annual tests for cabin crew members above 50 years of age.
- The DGCA states that airlines and air navigation service providers have to carry out random drug tests for at least five per cent of the flight crew members and air traffic controllers employed every year.
What happens at a Medical Assessment for Cabin Crew?
- Eyesight and Hearing Tests (If your vision is below 6/9 you may be turned down)
- Height and Weight
- Blood Pressure Test
- ECG to test your heart rate and the general condition of the heart
- Chest X-ray
- Dental check and Teeth X-ray
- HIV Test
- Blood Test (for Abnormalities and Evidence of Drugs/Alcohol)
- Hepatitis C Blood Test
- Urine Test (to check for Diabetes, Drugs and Alcohol)
- Lung Function Test
- Cervical Smear (if applicable)
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