Mr. Gibson said the city's Health Department had been conducting a strict rodent abatement pilot program in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, which will be used as a model for programs to be conducted in areas including Chinatown, East Harlem, the South Bronx and Manhattan Valley, near the northwestern corner of Central Park.
The changes it is putting into effect could include new weather requirements for flights and stricter rules for pilot instrument competency.
The official said British pilots' rules of engagement were strict and everything a pilot sees from the cockpit is recorded.
With most pilots recruited from the air force, strict hierarchy ruled among South Korean pilots, so much so that investigators and critics at the time said that co-pilots were not able to challenge the pilots even when there was an obvious mistake.
Mr. Lazar, who also serves as a general secretary of the All India Cabin Crew Association, said that the new fitness rule would be a positive step for younger recruits, as it would allow them to establish better fitness routines, but his group has asked the aviation regulator to issue licenses to cabin crew, as they do with pilots, if strict fitness rules are being imposed.
Tall buildings pose an obvious danger to low-flying aircraft, but here too there are strict rules to minimise pilots' risk.
She added that there are already strict regulations on airline pilots and truck drivers, so why shouldn't there be similar safeguards for doctors — who often deliver lifesaving treatment.
Foreign students said that the process of getting visas, already difficult, became even stricter after revelations that the pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon had entered the country on a student visa.
As allied warplanes began flying around-the-clock missions over Baghdad in close support of Army and Marine ground forces who have made armed forays into the city since Saturday, pilots were given strict rules of engagement.
Dr Rob Hunter, head of flight safety for the British Airline Pilots Associationn, said: "Pilots operate a strict open culture of reporting any concerns whether related to technical matters, safety issues or any possible medical or mental issues with colleagues".
