Top DGCA officer could face axe on malpractice charges

New Delhi: A top DGCA officer could face the axe on charges of serious malpractices by giving clearance to a private flight training school which did not even have an aircraft to train pilots.
After a probe by DGCA itself, the Civil Aviation Ministry has recommended initiation of 'major penalty proceedings' against Joint Director General A K Sharan for granting approval to M/S Touchwood Entertainment to start a flying school in Raipur without necessary facilities including an aircraft, official sources said, adding Sharan has already been under suspension for several months now.
Inspections carried out by DGCA had found that the flying school "had not acquired any aircraft" on the date of inspection, neither did it have a hangar to park the plane and its maintenance base was "far off" from the main training base at Raipur, they said, adding that all these findings were overlooked by Sharan and license was granted to the school.
07/08/12 PTI/Business Standard

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Aug 2012