3 - Ministry of Civil Aviation

(ii) Flight Inspection DirectorateThe existing Flight Inspection Directorate should be strengthened/ re-organised andrenamed as Flight Standards Directorate with the following divisions-a) Air operator surveillanceb) General aviation & helicopter operations, and flying training surveillancec) Flight Crew Training and Licensing (The , existing Training and LicensingDirectorate should be made part of this new division.)iii) Air Navigation and Aerodrome Standards DirectorateThe existing Aerodrome Standards Directorate should be re-organised as "AirNavigation and Aerodrome Standards Directorate" with the following separateDivisions-a) Licensing, Certification and Surveillance of Aerodromes including safetyoversight of air traffic control activities and various aerodrome facilities(Aerodrome Standards Division)b) Certification and surveillance of CNS/ ATM equipment, facilities and systems(Air Navigation Systems Division) including Flight Calibrationc) Air Traffic Controller (ATCO) licensing (ATCO Licensing Division)iv) Air Transport DirectorateThis Directorate may have separate divisions for the following-a) Air Carrier Certification and Surveillanceb) Non-Scheduled and Charter Flight Clearancesc) Air Transport Statisticsv) Legal Affairs DirectorateTo ensure compliance of legal requirements and advise on legal aspects, such anew Directorate is required to be created in DGCA. This should be on the samepattern as obtaining in other countries.vi) Air Safety Directoratevii) Aeronautical Engineering Directoratea) The existing R&D Directorate plays the role of Aeronautical EngineeringDirectorate (AED) as per ICAO Standards and it should be renamed as AED.The primary role of AED should be the certification of aircraft/engines, newproducts, approval of modifications and repair schemes, etc. AED should also16