The US aviation watchdog’s upgrade of India’s safety rating is good news, but let’s revamp our regulatory set-up as well
An entirely forgettable chapter in Indian civil aviation history ended recently when the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) upgraded India’s safety rating to Category One. The downgrade to Category Two in January 2014 had placed India in ignominious company along with 13 countries with poor safety records in civil aviation.
To add insult to injury, Indian airlines flying to the US were curtailed from starting new flights to that country; and the existing ones were subject to additional surveillance. The irony was that it was not the airlines’ fault but that of the Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA), the regulatory body tasked to govern the safety aspects of civil aviation.
09/04/15 AK Sachdev/Business Line
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An entirely forgettable chapter in Indian civil aviation history ended recently when the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) upgraded India’s safety rating to Category One. The downgrade to Category Two in January 2014 had placed India in ignominious company along with 13 countries with poor safety records in civil aviation.
To add insult to injury, Indian airlines flying to the US were curtailed from starting new flights to that country; and the existing ones were subject to additional surveillance. The irony was that it was not the airlines’ fault but that of the Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA), the regulatory body tasked to govern the safety aspects of civil aviation.
09/04/15 AK Sachdev/Business Line
