Sunday, December 10, 2006

Expat pilots find India safer

New Delhi: Foreign pilots find landing in Indian cities much safer than others around the world.That's because most Indian cities don’t boast of skyscrapers.
Airports like Delhi and Chennai are located outside congested parts of the city. Also, important Indian airports are not located on islands or other difficult stretches, making landing easier, says a Gulf Air pilot.
"Another landing advantage here," says V Malhotra, a pilot with SpiceJet, "is that Indian air traffic controllers (ATCs) insist on higher safety margins between consecutive aircrafts." Moreover, the absence of light aircraft traffic (private and chartered planes) here is another advantage.
Language also counts in India's favour. "In India, most controllers speak English fluently," says Malhotra. That however doesn’t detract from the fact that many expat pilots aren’t too familiar with English either.
09/12/06 Aparna Ramalingam/Times of India
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