How DGCA makes sure high-flying pilots don't fly high

There is something inherently unsettling about flying. Thirty thousand feet above the ground, hundreds of passengers sit inside a pressurised metal tube travelling at hundreds of kilometres per hour, trusting a handful of people with their lives for the duration of the journey. Yet every day, millions of us make this decision without thinking twice.And then, once in a blue moon, an incident happens that makes us pause and wonder just how much we can actually trust those handful of people.On August 4, an Air India A320 flying from Phuket to Delhi was cruising at 36,000 feet when it suddenly climbed 372 feet before dropping nearly 300 feet. Twenty-four people on board, including passengers and crew, were injured badly enough to require hospitalisation. Twenty were discharged shortly afterwards, while four sustained serious injuries and remained hospitalised for further treatment.