New Delhi: The Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) has claimed they have been unfairly targeted about the safety standards in the industry.
“It is dismaying to find that undue and subjective publicity is being given to the inspection reports of DGCA, involving aircraft of non-scheduled operator and private operators. We would like to submit that such subjective and adverse publicity is totally uncalled for, especially since these inspections are a matter of routine,” the BAOA has noted in a letter addressed to the civil aviation secretary.
The BAOA has also clarified in the letter that these inspections should not be connected with the recent downgrade of India by the US Federal Aviation Administration. These are two independent events. Non-scheduled operators run planes and helicopters that can be hired by anyone to fly to any destination that has landing facilities. This makes them more versatile than scheduled airlines and an asset during the election season.
“It is not fair to make Indian non-scheduled aircraft operators a scapegoat to showcase DGCA’s authority by subjective reporting of the observations during these inspections,” the letter reads. A similar compliant was also sent to the DGCA earlier this week.
04/04/14 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express
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“It is dismaying to find that undue and subjective publicity is being given to the inspection reports of DGCA, involving aircraft of non-scheduled operator and private operators. We would like to submit that such subjective and adverse publicity is totally uncalled for, especially since these inspections are a matter of routine,” the BAOA has noted in a letter addressed to the civil aviation secretary.
The BAOA has also clarified in the letter that these inspections should not be connected with the recent downgrade of India by the US Federal Aviation Administration. These are two independent events. Non-scheduled operators run planes and helicopters that can be hired by anyone to fly to any destination that has landing facilities. This makes them more versatile than scheduled airlines and an asset during the election season.
“It is not fair to make Indian non-scheduled aircraft operators a scapegoat to showcase DGCA’s authority by subjective reporting of the observations during these inspections,” the letter reads. A similar compliant was also sent to the DGCA earlier this week.
04/04/14 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express
