New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA is working on the observations and suggestions made by its US counterpart FAA during its recent safety audit but needs six more months to fully comply with all the recommendations, official sources said Wednesday.
Among concerns raised by Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) over 33 issues are filling up of several senior positions including those of full-time Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs), beefing up of aviation safety training programmes and lack of manuals and documentation on certain safety issues.
The FAA is scheduled to give its final report on its December audit in a couple of weeks, the sources said. On the basis of this report after a two-day compliance audit, FAA would decide whether to downgrade India's aviation safety status or maintain it on the top Category-I.
Of the 33 deficiencies, corrective measures were taken on 26 issues which were deemed as closed. Of the remaining seven, the status was of work-in-progress, the sources said.
01/01/14 PTI/ZeeNews
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Among concerns raised by Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) over 33 issues are filling up of several senior positions including those of full-time Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs), beefing up of aviation safety training programmes and lack of manuals and documentation on certain safety issues.
The FAA is scheduled to give its final report on its December audit in a couple of weeks, the sources said. On the basis of this report after a two-day compliance audit, FAA would decide whether to downgrade India's aviation safety status or maintain it on the top Category-I.
Of the 33 deficiencies, corrective measures were taken on 26 issues which were deemed as closed. Of the remaining seven, the status was of work-in-progress, the sources said.
01/01/14 PTI/ZeeNews
