Airlines, get ready for your safety audit next week

Aviation regulator DGCA will begin an operational safety audit of all airlines next week. It has already formed teams to do this extensive survey and sent out notices to all airlines to be ready for this audit.
Speaking to Firstpost, the new DGCA Arun Mishra said this would not be a financial audit and would examine each airline’s safety preparedness on certain select parameters.
The last such audit was conducted in November last year by Mishra’s predecessor E K Bharatbhushan and became a major bone of contention between him and the Civil Aviation ministry since he included financial health of airlines also in this audit. Eventually, Bharatbhushan’s stand against Kingfisher’s precarious financial health and its implications led to his sudden removal from the post of DGCA last month.
07/08/12 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post.com

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Aug 2012, Safety Aug 2012