3 - Ministry of Civil Aviation

a) Allowing publication of the Schedules by non-scheduled airlines needs to beconsidered.b) Operating permit for cargo operations is issued separately for domestic andinternational operations. This practice imposes restrictions on operator's activitiesand hampers economy of operations. To provide flexibility in operations a singlepermit needs to be issued which would cover both domestic and internationaloperations.c) The application for getting initial 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC) to obtainoperating permit for air transport operations requires the applicants to indicate thetype and registration of the aircraft they wish to import. This exercise is usuallyfutile in case the grant of NOC gets delayed resulting in the applicant having tosearch for a new aircraft when he is finally in possession of the NOC. Therefore, itshould suffice if just the type of aircraft is indicated in the application.d) For grant of permit for scheduled operations, an applicant is required to employ atleast three sets of pilots for each aircraft. - This requirement is based on theassumption that the expected extent of flying will be very high as in the case oflarge jet aircraft. Since turbo-prop and small jet aircraft usually fly much less thanlarge jet aircraft, the minimum requirement of pilots should be reduced to two setsper aircraft of the type having maximum certified seating capacity of up to eightyseats only.e) Clearance of charter flights to India was made very stringent subsequent to thePurulia arms dropping case, particularly in respect of aircraft having of doors thatcan be opened in mid-air. This requirement needs to be reviewed.f) Government has allowed the operations of private airlines on international sectors.The requirements in this respect should be rationalized at par with internationalpractices.g) Currently all avionics related maintenance is required to be certified by Avionicsengineers. This results in delays at smaller stations where only AMEs holding Aand C licences are posted by airlines. This requirement may be reviewed so as togrant additional privileges for avionics to the A and C engineers after giving themrequisite training.h) Scheduled operators are required to obtain clearance from DGCA headquarters ifthey have to reroute/change an aircraft due to operational or commercial reasons.This entails lot of hassles for operator, especially if such a clearance is required ona holiday or after office hours. The requirement of prior clearance from DGCAshould be dispensed with. A clearance from ATC should suffice in such cases.i) The operating permit currently issued to operators is valid for one year. This iscumbersome, as it requires frequent movement of papers between the operators20