KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to impose a fine of Rs100,000 on employees caught smoking during flights. The decision to impose fine was taken after an inspection by a European agency revealed that no-smoking policy was violated. In a circular, the administration of the national flag carrier stated, \u201cRecently one of our aircraft was subject to SAFA inspection, during the inspection cockpit crew were found violating the \u201cNO SMOKING ON BOARD\u201d policy.\u201d It stated that the airline had a zero-tolerance against smoking onboard. \u201cAny crew member found involved in violating the policy would be fined a sum of upto Rs100,000\/- As per previous circulars, it is again reiterated that the other crew members are required to report such violations. Failure to do so, other crew member on such flights would also be considered as violators of company policy and would be fined the same amount.\u201d DNA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to impose a fine of Rs100,000 on employees caught smoking during flights. The decision to impose fine was taken after an inspection by a European agency revealed that no-smoking policy was violated. In a circular, the administration of the national flag carrier stated, \u201cRecently one of our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-304733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n