Mumbai, May 25: More than 300 specialist posts, including 178 Group A ones, are lying vacant at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the industry regulator.
vacancies: two directors, four deputy directors, six assistant directors and 20 air safety officers. The department of operations has 46 vacancies: 3 directors, 11 deputy directors and 32 assistant directors.
The DGCA has only 10 flight operations inspectors for more than 600 aircraft in the country. Even here, four posts are vacant. The regulator recently had to take 14 experts on loan from airliners.
Among other vacancies are: 4 cabin safety inspectors, 3 dangerous goods inspectors, 4 senior systems analysts, 4 deputy director-level aeronautical engineers and 5 assistant director-level engineers.
Pilots from Air India and Jet Airways told DNA on Monday that the DGCA’s staff shortage is the main reason behind the recurring air mishaps.
—Agencies