New Delhi: The Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) has written letters of protest to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the ministry of civil aviation at the publicising of reports on inspection of planes operated by general aviation operators.
In a letter to Ashok Lavasa, the ministry’s secretary, dated Friday, BAOA has said, “...undue and subjective publicity is being given to the inspection reports of DGCA, involving aircraft of non-scheduled operators and private operators... totally uncalled for, especially since these inspections are a matter of routine.” It had written earlier this week in a similar vein.
BAOA says the recent downgrade of India by the America’s Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) was triggered primarily by a shortage of qualified staff for conducting safety and airworthiness inspections of aircraft, not due to deficiencies on the part of non-scheduled operators. R Bali, secretary of BAOA, said: “Reports in the media initiated by DGCA are a clear attempt to detract attention from the essence of this issue and shift blame of the FAA downgrade to the private aircraft operator.”
05/04/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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In a letter to Ashok Lavasa, the ministry’s secretary, dated Friday, BAOA has said, “...undue and subjective publicity is being given to the inspection reports of DGCA, involving aircraft of non-scheduled operators and private operators... totally uncalled for, especially since these inspections are a matter of routine.” It had written earlier this week in a similar vein.
BAOA says the recent downgrade of India by the America’s Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) was triggered primarily by a shortage of qualified staff for conducting safety and airworthiness inspections of aircraft, not due to deficiencies on the part of non-scheduled operators. R Bali, secretary of BAOA, said: “Reports in the media initiated by DGCA are a clear attempt to detract attention from the essence of this issue and shift blame of the FAA downgrade to the private aircraft operator.”
05/04/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
