New Delhi: Officials of America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are expected to review the steps taken by India to improve flight safety.
The FAA had downgraded the country’s aviation safety rating to Category 2 in January after the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) failed to resolve the concerns flagged off by the US agency.
“We would like India to be Category 1 as soon as possible. We invited them (the FAA) to visit the DGCA for a review in September or October, when our team went to the US and made a presentation to them last month,” civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said while highlighting the ministry’s achievements in the past 100 days.
He said the FAA team would be visiting India and “I am sure India will return to Category 1”.
The FAA had done two safety audits and had found deficiencies on over 30 counts.
One such area is the lack of a technical manpower such as flight inspectors, a large number of whom have now been recruited.
On the regulator serving show-cause notices to 131 pilots of Jet Airways for not clearing the necessary tests, the minister said the DGCA would not compromise on safety.
“There can be no compromise on safety. The DGCA is expected to act according to the law and they are doing it,” he said.
15/09/14 Telegraph
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The FAA had downgraded the country’s aviation safety rating to Category 2 in January after the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) failed to resolve the concerns flagged off by the US agency.
“We would like India to be Category 1 as soon as possible. We invited them (the FAA) to visit the DGCA for a review in September or October, when our team went to the US and made a presentation to them last month,” civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said while highlighting the ministry’s achievements in the past 100 days.
He said the FAA team would be visiting India and “I am sure India will return to Category 1”.
The FAA had done two safety audits and had found deficiencies on over 30 counts.
One such area is the lack of a technical manpower such as flight inspectors, a large number of whom have now been recruited.
On the regulator serving show-cause notices to 131 pilots of Jet Airways for not clearing the necessary tests, the minister said the DGCA would not compromise on safety.
“There can be no compromise on safety. The DGCA is expected to act according to the law and they are doing it,” he said.
15/09/14 Telegraph
