Carriers blamed for chaos

New Delhi: Apart from failing to train adequate number of pilots in CAT III-B landing system, most domestic carriers are drawing Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ire on other fronts. "The airlines have not stationed adequate number of ILS-trained pilots at other stations because of which incoming flights to Delhi in fog get severely affected and the entire schedule goes haywire causing chain of delays.
When there's a possibility of fog lifting from IGI, all pilots — CAT-compliant and otherwise — head for Delhi and there's sudden congestion here that delays everything," said a senior official.
The DGCA has found that many airlines don't take the engine start up clearance from the ATC according to their scheduled departure time because of which the next flight is given the go ahead.
The low-cost carriers were told in no uncertain terms that they have to provide snacks and hot beverages to passengers of delayed flights.
24/12/06 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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