Only eight of the 42 pilots who were caught in a tipsy state while reporting to duty last year were terminated from service while the rest were either grounded or suspended for brief periods. The details of the punishment meeted out to drunk pilots were disclosed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation without giving details of crew, airlines or flight number to which the pilots were supposed to report. The data provided by DGCA shows that half of the drunk pilots, 21 of them, were detected at the Delhi airport followed by 11 from Mumbai and rest from other airports across the country. The civil aviation regulator said eight of the pilots who reported for duty in a tipsy state were terminated while the rest were suspended or derostered for a brief period which ranged from 30 days to three months. The data provided in reply to an RTI application by Abhishek Shukla says 28 of them are still flying while four have left their airlines. The DGCA did not give details of action taken against 16 pilots. The DGCA is the regulatory body for civil aviation in India and is responsible for ensuring safety of operations. Drunkenness among pilots directly impacts flight safety and aviation authorities around the world, including the International Civil Aviation