DGCA revises norms for appointment of examiners

Aviation regulator Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a draft of revised norms to appoint designated examiners (DE) for airline operators to re-evaluate if the standard operating procedures are being followed. The revised draft norms state that an examiner should not be related to an airline operator to avoid conflict of interest between the two.

Arun Kumar, director-general of DGCA said, “The revised draft has been made to make more specific and stringent rules for DE selection.”

DGCA defined the conflict of interest as a relationship that might influence an approved DE or nominated DE to act, either knowingly or unknowingly, in a manner that does not hold the safety of the passengers as the primary and highest priority.