New Delhi: The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) of the United States may review the status of India’s aviation sector after March this year, provided the local authorities sort out the deficiencies raised by the US regulator.
The assurance came during a meeting between director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Prabhat Kumar, and FAA authorities on the sidelines of the Singapore Air Show this week.
The FAA had downgraded India’s aviation sector to Category-II from Category-I last month after the DGCA failed to resolve concerns raised by the US aviation regulator in its audit. The issues raised by FAA were on lack of full-time flight operations inspectors in the DGCA and deficiency in training provided to its employees.
“We apprised the FAA about the work done in the past one-and-half month and also informed them that we would be able to fulfill the concerns raised in their audits by the end of March. There is no timeline for another audit, but we have been assured that they will take a re-look at our status the moment we address all their concerns. We are in constant touch with the FAA and updating them about the developments we make,” said a senior DGCA official.
14/02/14 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express
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The assurance came during a meeting between director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Prabhat Kumar, and FAA authorities on the sidelines of the Singapore Air Show this week.
The FAA had downgraded India’s aviation sector to Category-II from Category-I last month after the DGCA failed to resolve concerns raised by the US aviation regulator in its audit. The issues raised by FAA were on lack of full-time flight operations inspectors in the DGCA and deficiency in training provided to its employees.
“We apprised the FAA about the work done in the past one-and-half month and also informed them that we would be able to fulfill the concerns raised in their audits by the end of March. There is no timeline for another audit, but we have been assured that they will take a re-look at our status the moment we address all their concerns. We are in constant touch with the FAA and updating them about the developments we make,” said a senior DGCA official.
14/02/14 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express
