New Delhi, July 10 -- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has declared that it will rank the Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) based on safety standards of an FTO, its performance, compliance, assistance to students and operational aspects, with an aim to improve the safety and efficiency of pilot training in India. The ranking system will come into effect from October 1 this year. Stating the need for ranking FTOs, the DGCA, in its public notice dated July 8, said that ranking provides a comparative framework to assess the performance and quality of FTOs based on uniform and objective criteria, which promotes standardisation in training quality across institutions. "Ranking will be published bi-annually, preferably on 1st O...