New Delhi: Taking into account the fast-growing general aviation (GA) sector and to ensure the safety of Indian skies, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has in a radical move decided to appoint dedicated Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs) on secondment from it. Till recently, FOIs were examiners - senior and experienced pilots - who were either government employees or from private airlines. But with this move, FOIs are being selected from GA too. GA, incidentally, includes flying for recreation, personal transport and business and includes small helicopters to corporate jets.
According to the Business Aircraft Operators' Association, India has some 550 general aviation planes. But often, companies owning them had to wait for already over-worked FOIs from airlines to decide when they were free to do the checks of their planes.
13/05/12 Shobha John/Times of India
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