The violations discovered not solely threaten the well being of the pilots but additionally the security of passengers. We will now not flip a blind eye to this.
Within the wake of Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner catastrophe in Ahmedabad, India’s Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered three key Air India workers answerable for scheduling crews to resign on account of “systematic and gross violations of pilot working hours guidelines.”
The DGCA introduced that it has uncovered situations the place Air India’s pilots labored time beyond regulation, crews have been shaped with out correct licenses, and relaxation between shifts was merely ignored. All of this, in response to the regulator, just isn’t remoted incidents, however the results of an entire lack of management and inside self-discipline.
The inspection was not random. It started after the tragedy of June 12 – the crash of an Air India Dreamliner close to Ahmedabad. Following the incident, the DGCA determined to tighten supervision of compliance with security requirements in all main airways within the nation.
Air India has been ordered to repair all the issues instantly. The service has 7-10 days to offer the DGCA with a full report on the outcomes of the unscheduled inspection. And that is only the start: the inspectors mentioned that if the findings are unsatisfactory, the corporate will face sanctions.
“The violations discovered not solely threaten the well being of the pilots but additionally the security of passengers. We will now not flip a blind eye to this,” the DGCA mentioned in a press release.
The DGCA’s resolution is a sign to all the Indian civil aviation sector: negligence and violation of guidelines won’t go unpunished, and {that a} new stage of reforming India’s civil aviation begins now.
