India, Oct. 26 -- The Airline Pilots' Association of India on Sunday wrote to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation regarding the recent extension of the Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL).

The association called the extension for Boeing 787 two-man flight crew operations from 10 hours FT to 10:30 hours and 13 hours of FDP to 14:00 hours a "matter of grave operational and safety concern".

The letter to the DGCA also highlighted the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airworthiness Directive (AD), FAA-2024-0218, which has restricted the seat recline function of the flight's captain on the Boeing 787 owing to safety concerns.

It said that the inability to recline the seat has reduced the effectiveness of in-flight rest particularly du...