New Delhi: Taking a grim view on the frequent violation of safety norms by scheduled as well as non-scheduled operators (NSOPs), the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to carry out safety inspections on 44 major NSOPs who fly abroad and two aircraft each of all scheduled domestic airlines by June-end.
A senior DGCA official told Business Standard: “It is the responsibility of all operators to ensure compliance with the safety guidelines issued by the DGCA. However, over the past few days, we have had to ground four pilots in two leading airlines for allowing passengers into the cockpit. We have decided to step up surveillance.”
Over the past 10 days, DGCA has suspended the flying licence for a month of three pilots, who allowed their own or their colleagues’ children inside the cockpit.
In the first case, the commander of Air India’s flight AI 660 took his son inside the cockpit, while the plane was flying from Goa to Mumbai. Separately, on March 26, the pilots of Air India’s Delhi-Bagdogra flight took the daughter of their airline’s engineer inside the cockpit to show how the plane flies. In a third instance on April 1, the commander of an IndiGo flight from Goa to Delhi (6E 338) allowed 12 passengers inside the cockpit, while the aircraft was being prepared to take off. The pilot has been taken off flying duties.
09/04/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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A senior DGCA official told Business Standard: “It is the responsibility of all operators to ensure compliance with the safety guidelines issued by the DGCA. However, over the past few days, we have had to ground four pilots in two leading airlines for allowing passengers into the cockpit. We have decided to step up surveillance.”
Over the past 10 days, DGCA has suspended the flying licence for a month of three pilots, who allowed their own or their colleagues’ children inside the cockpit.
In the first case, the commander of Air India’s flight AI 660 took his son inside the cockpit, while the plane was flying from Goa to Mumbai. Separately, on March 26, the pilots of Air India’s Delhi-Bagdogra flight took the daughter of their airline’s engineer inside the cockpit to show how the plane flies. In a third instance on April 1, the commander of an IndiGo flight from Goa to Delhi (6E 338) allowed 12 passengers inside the cockpit, while the aircraft was being prepared to take off. The pilot has been taken off flying duties.
09/04/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
