DGCA to rank flying institutes based on safety, performance
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 Oct and 1st April of every year. Categorisation of FTO ranking will be based on the following overall score achieved by individual FTO," the DGCA stated.
Stating the ranking system, it stated, FTOs with 85% and above will be rated as A++, 70% to less than 85% A+, less than 70% to 50% A and those scoring below 50 % will be rated as B.
"Category 'B' FTOs will receive a notice from DGCA for self-analysis towards improvement of their performance," the notice stated.The DGCA also provided details on the basis of which the grades will be given. The notice by the regulator stated that 20% of the grade will depend on the 'safety standards' obeyed by an FTO. This will include the number of accidents in preceding 12 Months (weightage -18), number of incidents in preceding 12 Months (weightage -02) and non-reporting of any accident/incident which will attract five points for each case.
The 'operational aspect' of an FTO will have the maximum weightage of 40% and will include parameters such as yearly instructor-to-aircraft ratio, yearly student-to-instructor ratio, fleet-to-aircraft maintenance engineer ratio, fleet size (single and multi-engine aircraft), and availability of ground school and simulators. Also, 20% of an FTO's grade will be based on 'safety standards', factoring in accidents and penalties for non-reporting, while another 20% will be based on the FTO's performance.
The third aspect, 'compliance standards' of an FTO, will carry a 10% weightage....
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