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A feasibility study to set up CAA
was commissioned last October in
technical cooperation with the ICAO
with a view to improve the financial
and administrative autonomy of
DGCA and enabling it to discharge
safety oversight functions more
effectively.
The International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO) has completed
a study and recommended converting
the DGCA into ‘Civil Aviation Authority
of India’ (CAA), which would be set up
in line with autonomous or
semi-autonomous bodies
like the US Federal Aviation
Authority or the UK Civil
Aviation Authority.
“The proposal will be
placed before the government in
three to four weeks,” says DGCA chief
SNA Zaidi.
According to the proposal, the
entire regulatory and legal processes
of the DGCA would be handled by the
CAA, and the proposed CAA would
have more flexibility in terms of its
financing, administration and hiring
of trained manpower, he said.
As India's civil aviation regulatory
body, the DGCA is responsible for
regulating air transport services and
for enforcing civil air safety and
airworthiness standards. A separate
organisation will be created to hold
independent investigation into air
incidents or accidents.
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