New Delhi: Being pulled up for slack monitoring of aviation safety, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is fast-tracking hiring for crucial posts as it faces safety audits from international bodies.
With a team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) already in India and the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) audit next month, the DGCA is on a hiring spree, looking for airworthy officers, flight operation inspectors for aircraft and helicopters, and administrative officers.
The decision to fast-track the appointments comes after the ICAO pulled up DGCA in its last safety audit in late 2012. Since then, the DGCA invited applications for 201 vacancies in January but only half of them were filled up till late July. The DGCA has a sanctioned staff strength of 574 officials, but currently has only 421.
23/08/13 Debabrata Das/Financial Express
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With a team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) already in India and the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) audit next month, the DGCA is on a hiring spree, looking for airworthy officers, flight operation inspectors for aircraft and helicopters, and administrative officers.
The decision to fast-track the appointments comes after the ICAO pulled up DGCA in its last safety audit in late 2012. Since then, the DGCA invited applications for 201 vacancies in January but only half of them were filled up till late July. The DGCA has a sanctioned staff strength of 574 officials, but currently has only 421.
23/08/13 Debabrata Das/Financial Express
