For the first time, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is proposing to allow different regulatory codes for aircraft based on their all-up weight. The new policy would define two categories of aircraft: more or less than 5,700 kg (12,566 pounds).
The country’s Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) has welcomed the DGCA report proposing this change as a positive first step toward regulations more suitable for non-airline operations. Reacting to the DGCA report, the BAOA is further asking for separate standards and recommended practices for scheduled and nonscheduled operators; currently the two types of operation are lumped together under many of the same rules. The association has suggested subclassifications for the two categories.
“You cannot equate a small operator flying three aircraft of Challenger 605 weight class, for instance, with an airline operating 70 narrowbodies,” said BAOA managing director R.K. Bali. The association has recommended that business aircraft be separated into above-5,700-kg and below-5,700-kg categories. The same distinctions should apply to differences between business aircraft and commercial jets, he said, as each category needs “different rules for crew licensing, extended twin-engine over-water operations [Etops], medical certification and [crews’] minimum flying hours.”
18/08/15 Neelam Mathews/AINonline
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The country’s Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) has welcomed the DGCA report proposing this change as a positive first step toward regulations more suitable for non-airline operations. Reacting to the DGCA report, the BAOA is further asking for separate standards and recommended practices for scheduled and nonscheduled operators; currently the two types of operation are lumped together under many of the same rules. The association has suggested subclassifications for the two categories.
“You cannot equate a small operator flying three aircraft of Challenger 605 weight class, for instance, with an airline operating 70 narrowbodies,” said BAOA managing director R.K. Bali. The association has recommended that business aircraft be separated into above-5,700-kg and below-5,700-kg categories. The same distinctions should apply to differences between business aircraft and commercial jets, he said, as each category needs “different rules for crew licensing, extended twin-engine over-water operations [Etops], medical certification and [crews’] minimum flying hours.”
18/08/15 Neelam Mathews/AINonline
