Bengaluru, Dec. 9 -- Captain Anil Rao, General Secretary of the Airline Pilots' Association (ALPA) India, flagged safety concerns over "temporary exemption" provided to IndiGo from certain Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Speaking to ANI, Rao advocated transparency regarding the reasons for massive flight delays and cancellations and said that IndiGo being granted a certain abeyance from FDTL norms to fulfil flight demands compromises safety.

"The root cause should be explained to the people. The issue is the chances of it happening again. Our concern is that DGCA allowing a temporary exemption from some FDTL rules compromises the safety. Today, we have one law for IndiGo and ...