New Delhi - When India was demoted to category II safety status by the Federal Aviation Administration of the US earlier this year, industry experts felt the American agency was being unfair. But the downgrade and its aftermath have helped Indian airlines and government agencies clean up their act, which can only be good for flyers.
Did you know that the certification process for airlines like Air India and Jet Airways - legacy carriers which have existed for decades and which have defined air travel in this country for long - has been flawed till now?
Had the FAA not downgraded India, the completely lax ways of the airline bosses and the aviation regulatory authorities would never have come under scrutiny. Re-certification basically means looking at almost all processes of an airline and providing it a flying permit afresh.
Sources close to the developments told Firstbiz that aviation regulator DGCA has begun the process of re-certifying Air India and Jet Airways before another audit by the FAA.
"The FAA team may arrive in December, but before that we need to correct the wrong practices being followed in the airline certification process. Everything has been laid down, exists on paper but much of it has been bypassed, ignored or not followed. Re-certification will ensure that every rule which defines an airline and its flying permit will have to be followed strictly," a source said.
16/10/14 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Biz/First Post
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Did you know that the certification process for airlines like Air India and Jet Airways - legacy carriers which have existed for decades and which have defined air travel in this country for long - has been flawed till now?
Had the FAA not downgraded India, the completely lax ways of the airline bosses and the aviation regulatory authorities would never have come under scrutiny. Re-certification basically means looking at almost all processes of an airline and providing it a flying permit afresh.
Sources close to the developments told Firstbiz that aviation regulator DGCA has begun the process of re-certifying Air India and Jet Airways before another audit by the FAA.
"The FAA team may arrive in December, but before that we need to correct the wrong practices being followed in the airline certification process. Everything has been laid down, exists on paper but much of it has been bypassed, ignored or not followed. Re-certification will ensure that every rule which defines an airline and its flying permit will have to be followed strictly," a source said.
16/10/14 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Biz/First Post
