Indian aviation ecosystem under lens: DGCA order ‘Comprehensive Special Audit’ | Bharat News
New Delhi: Within the last one month, Air India Flight 171 in the Utrakhand and surrounded by tragic accidents of several helicopters, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered the “comprehensive special audit” of the Indian aviation ecosystem. It covers scheduled, non-determined and private airlines; Maintenance, repair and overhal (MRO) organization; Approved training organization (ATOS); Flying school; Air navigation service provider; Operator of the airport, and ground handling agencies (Ghas).The audit “will focus on the investigation of security management systems (SMS), operational practices and regulatory rearing in all aviation domains.” It will also audit auxiliary elements such as technology provider, emergency response system, supply chain network and regulatory coordination bodies. “Air Safety Expert Amit Singh said: “DGCA has been auditing aviation since time. Will it not be prudent for the audit to invite third party and why (past) DGCA has failed to rule in audit security?” There were reaction of many others in the same industry who have seen many audit, increased monitoring in the past. In addition, for many years, the frillial health of many aviation ecosystems – especially airlines – has been an important vulnerability and the resolution for this is beyond the scope of the DGCA. Inside the industry sources said, “In the last 2-3 decades, very weak players (many of which are now shop shops) have warned the authorities that they will stop if all are forced to dots and cross all TS that will affect connectivity,” the inner sources of the industry said. “Hopefully recent accidents will change things.”The audit order issued by DGCA head Faiz Ahmed Kidwai says: “Traditionally, regulatory and safety oversite functions within Indian aviation have been held in Silos, inspection and audit with various directors perform specific performance for their respective domains. These activities include employed/unplanned monitoring inspections, ramping spot checks and ramp inspirations, which are individuals, which are involved in ramp inspirations, which include ramp inspirations, which are planned/unplanned signs, which are found to be individual Let’s assess.,“In an important paradigm change, a broad special audit is designed to cross the existing silence by evaluating the aviation ecosystem.Special audits will be conducted by multi -script teams led by a senior DGCA officer (DDG/Director), which are supported by experts of the directors of the director of flight standards, air security, air security, air rasp and air navigation services, licensing and aerodrome standards. “Whenever necessary, external experts in the industry can be included to provide special insights. This diverse team composition ensures a comprehensive evaluation that takes advantage of both regulatory expertise and industry-specific knowledge, promotes reliable and actionable conclusions,” says order.Once the audit is over, the findings will be shared with the audited entities. They will, in turn, require to submit a corrective action plan (CAP) within 15 days. “DGCA will monitor the CAP implementation through progress review and verification audit, to ensure effective resolution of conclusions … The failure to apply non-transportation or CAP may result in progressive enforcement operations as a result of failure to apply non-transportation or CAP, in which advisory guidance, formal warnings, operations, financial punishment, resolution, or resolution will be the result. Proportional/natural justice, ”says the order.
