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Government of India office of the Director General of civil aviation at safety directorate

15-Dec-2009
Government of India office of the Director General of civil aviation at safety directorate
Director General of Civil Aviation based on preliminary report of accidents/incidents at times order pilots/AME not to exercise the privileges of their licence pending finalization of investigation. It has been reported that in few cases it took long period before these pilots were permitted to exercise privilege of their licences. Therefore in order to streamline the procedure it has been decided that following will be followed in future:

In case the preliminary investigation reveals issues of pilot proficiency or perfunctory inspection by AME Orders in writing will be issued quoting the relevant proviso of Regulations to pilots/engineers not to exercise the privileges of their licence.

Initially these orders will be issued for maximum of 8 weeks in case of incident and maximum of 12 weeks in case of accidents.

All regional offices will forward a list to Headquarters every month giving details of incidents where pilots/engineers were off rostered.

A fortnightly review shall be carried out by Director Air Safety at DGCA Headquarters and same shall be put up to Joint Director General on every 5th and 20th of the month.

It must be ensured that whenever pilots or engineers are debarred to exercise the privileges of their licence, the investigation of the incidents are promptly carried out. In case of incident it should be completed within 4 weeks and in case of accident same should be completed within 12 weeks of stipulated time.

If due any reason this time schedule cannot be maintained, file should be put up to JDG for taking necessary direction in the matter.

This is for the strict compliance with immediate effect.

(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 15-Dec-09

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