The DGCA must be reorganised into a fully autonomous Civil Aviation Authority, mirroring the US FAA's independence, with adequate budgetary allocations untethered from MoCA grants.
According to ICAO guidelines, a signatory country is required to file a preliminary report within 30 days of the crash. Report is based on initial findings in investigation.
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu has said surveillance of India’s Boeing 787 fleet has begun & Air India has been directed to expedite disbursal of insurance.
Minister of state for civil aviation told Lok Sabha that airlines plan flights on routes based on market demand & commercial feasibility, over which aviation ministry has no jurisdiction.
Standing Committee says reduced budgetary allocation a matter of grave concern, calls on govt to inject ministry with more funds to boost sector, revenue.
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu says move needed because journalists ‘lack perspective’ on issues, but there are fears it is an attempt to peddle govt line.
Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
Socialist India is very bad at copying good things from developed countries. Hence, India can’t be expected to copy US FAA.