Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews March 19, 2014 The hauling up of budget SpiceJet by DGCA yesterday following its holi(y) flights and suspension of two pilots, doesn't auger well for an industry in the throes of an FAA safety downgrade and in the background of the MH370 disappearance, the cause of which has not been determined as yet. I'm not sure if this adds to FAA giving more blackmarks to the DGCA in its book, but the fact remains, we in India tend to look at mistakes after we commit them. Time for us to be proactive. What is happening to training? Didn't the pilot have a basic grounding not to leave the cockpit? Can somebody explain to the passengers please? We had pasted this link below in 2012 when Finnair congratulated India on its Rebublic Day from which SpiceJet may have taken inspiration from. No issues on that. But just a quick thought. Sometimes we might need to align our marketing actions with a cultural sensitivity. Not sure whether all the attendants were really enj...