Indian civil aviation waited with heightened anticipation as a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) team descended upon the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) during the third week of July for an audit under its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme.
The idea of being audited by another nation’s regulator should by itself have been a cause for indignation but it is hard for India (or for any other nation) to stand up to the US and resist an audit which it insists upon.
IASA is designed for all countries with airlines that operate, or seek to operate, into the US, or code-share with a US airline. The assessment determines whether or not a foreign civil aviation authority is compliant with the safety oversight standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) — a UN body (and not FAA regulations). Those that meet the ICAO safety requirements are placed in Category 1, and those that do not, in Category 2. India had been placed in Category 1 in 1997 but after an audit in 2013, FAA, citing deficiencies in 33 areas, including shortage of skilled manpower and frail safety surveillance regulations, downgraded India ignominiously to Category 2. The status was restored only in 2015.
17/08/18 AK Sachdev/Deccan Herald
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The idea of being audited by another nation’s regulator should by itself have been a cause for indignation but it is hard for India (or for any other nation) to stand up to the US and resist an audit which it insists upon.
IASA is designed for all countries with airlines that operate, or seek to operate, into the US, or code-share with a US airline. The assessment determines whether or not a foreign civil aviation authority is compliant with the safety oversight standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) — a UN body (and not FAA regulations). Those that meet the ICAO safety requirements are placed in Category 1, and those that do not, in Category 2. India had been placed in Category 1 in 1997 but after an audit in 2013, FAA, citing deficiencies in 33 areas, including shortage of skilled manpower and frail safety surveillance regulations, downgraded India ignominiously to Category 2. The status was restored only in 2015.
17/08/18 AK Sachdev/Deccan Herald
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