New Delhi: Getting caught in the eye of a storm is never easy. Especially for the Maharaja whose flight safety norms are causing concern.
The issue has become serious enough for the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA), a reputed body representing over one lakh professional pilots in over 90 countries and based in England, to write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi on April 10 over this issue.
Its president, Capt Dennis J Dolan, wrote that the Federation was deeply concerned about the current situation in AI.
What is causing concern, he says, are numerous practices of AI - ignoring minimum requirements for instructors, violating flight and duty time limitations and management pilots failing to report altitude violations. Other 'irregularities' are with regard to promotions as well as recalling of pilots from leave to operate flights.
These faulty areas, Dolan says, have resulted in the airline failing to retain its IATA safety certificate, a letter of no-confidence in the Director of Operations from Board members and a case of intimidation being brought against certain individuals by a Boeing instructor.
16/04/06 Shobha John/Times of India
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Home »
» Maharaja in fresh spot over safety
Maharaja in fresh spot over safety
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Related Posts:
Kolkata: Air India flight with CJI SA Bobde on board makes emergency landing soon after take offAn Air India flight carrying India’s top judge was returned to Kolkata airport in emergency minutes after taking off, due to technical reasons. CJI Sh… Read More
GoAir to launch daily flights between Mumbai and CoimbatoreCoimbatore: Low cost airline GoAir is launching its services from Coimbatore with an afternoon flight between the city and Mumbai, starting Thursday.T… Read More
Delta Fights Back Against SpiceJet US Flight ApplicationIndian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has big plans to augment its international operations with long-haul flights in the coming years. One market that the… Read More
Patna: 18 flights get delayedPatna: Dense fog disrupted flight operations at the city airport with 18 flights delayed on Monday owing to the poor visibility in the morning hours. … Read More
Make Darbhanga international airport, Nitish Kumar urges Hardeep Singh PuriPatna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar wrote a letter to Union civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri and also talked to him on Wednesday, requesting … Read More
0 comments:
Post a Comment