New Delhi: Just when Air India was finally showing some signs of stabilization, the airline is yet again staring at uncertainty. The three-year-term of its chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan ends on August 11 - exactly a month after the airline joined Star Alliance. The aviation ministry is yet to decide on the succession plan in the airline as the search for a full-time CMD has not begun.
The second half of UPA-II's term set an example of running important aviation agencies by giving additional charge to joint secretaries. The last aviation minister of UPA II directly ran those headless agencies through his trusted officers. Bureau for Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Pawan Hans have been headless for years. Airports Authority of India (AAI) is handled by a joint secretary, although the process for appointing a chairman is now under way. And Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) got a full-time head in January as the US had downgraded it. The term of Airport Economic Regulatory Authority's (AERA) chairman ends this week and there is no successor in sight.
14/07/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The second half of UPA-II's term set an example of running important aviation agencies by giving additional charge to joint secretaries. The last aviation minister of UPA II directly ran those headless agencies through his trusted officers. Bureau for Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Pawan Hans have been headless for years. Airports Authority of India (AAI) is handled by a joint secretary, although the process for appointing a chairman is now under way. And Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) got a full-time head in January as the US had downgraded it. The term of Airport Economic Regulatory Authority's (AERA) chairman ends this week and there is no successor in sight.
14/07/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
