Monday 9 January 2012

INDIAN DGCA CRITICISES AIRLINE SAFETY

The Indian DGCA has published an audit report which claims that all airlines in India are violating safety norms to cut cost - see http://ibnlive.in.com/news/all-airlines-violating-safety-norms-dgca/219182-3.html . However, it has not apparently imposed immediate sanctions on any individual operator. I have not yet seen the full document but the media reports suggest that there are a variety of concerns, many of them linked to the quality and effectiveness of the flight data management (FDM) programmes.

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