New Delhi: Air travellers in India will do well to say a little prayer before taking a flight in the New Year. The agencies responsible for managing flight safety, air traffic control, airports and security could all be running on autopilot with a vacant captain's seat.
Two of the most critical aviation agencies — the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) — could be headless by this month-end and join the ranks of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL), both of whom have been without a chief since last year. A ministry joint secretary, Anil Srivastava, has joint charge of PHHL since last March and a joint commissioner in BCAS, B B Dash, has additional charge of the agency since last October.
16/12/13 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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Two of the most critical aviation agencies — the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) — could be headless by this month-end and join the ranks of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL), both of whom have been without a chief since last year. A ministry joint secretary, Anil Srivastava, has joint charge of PHHL since last March and a joint commissioner in BCAS, B B Dash, has additional charge of the agency since last October.
16/12/13 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
