The Civil Aviation Ministry, under the Central Government, has invited suggestions from the Aviation Industry for its proposed restructuring of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Earlier, the Civil Aviation Ministry has set up a committee in January, 2020 to review the functioning of the DGCA, the sector regulator, along with its current structure and assessing its manpower requirements. The Committee has to study global practices and to review the functioning of the DGCA along with its current structure for manpower requirement in next 10 years.
In this regard, the Civil Aviation Ministry has invited suggestions from the aviation industry in general, and different stakeholders in particular, like air operators, airport operators, various associations of pilots, cabin crew, engineers, air traffic controllers and drone operators for consideration by the committee.
In response, various suggestions have started pouring in.
In a recent development, major pilot associations had sought an immediate replacement of incumbent Director General of Civil Aviation Arun Kumar (IAS:1989:HY) in the interest of flight safety following the Kozhikode Air tragedy. They had demanded that Arun Kumar be immediately replaced with a suitable candidate with substantial aviation knowledge and operational knowledge.
