India, Dec. 16 -- New Delhi The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), a union of Air India pilots deployed on wide-bodied aircraft (Boeing 777 and 787), has moved the Delhi high court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Union government for granting exemptions to airline operators, including Air India, from implementing the new Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms.

In its petition, filed through advocates Prerna Kohli and Neetika Bajaj, the IPG has asserted that the DGCA allegedly failed to comply with the undertakings given to the court in February and April.

In February, DGCA informed the high court that the FDTL norms would be implemented in two phases. Of the 22 proposed ...