Bill to replace Aircraft Act tabled in Lok Sabha amid protest
- The Civil Aviation Ministry has proposed in the new Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024.
Highlights:
- The proposed in the new Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 is to bring the examination used to test the use of radio communication equipment on aircraft within the ambit of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
- The Bill, which seeks to replace the Aircraft Act of 1934, was tabled in the Lok Sabha recently.
- The Statement of Objects and Reasons states that the Bill is being introduced because the 90-year-old Aircraft Act has been amended several times
- A need is felt to address the ambiguities and confusion experienced by the stakeholders, to remove redundancies, to enable ease of doing business and to provide for manufacture and maintenance in the aviation sector”.
- The proposed legislation will bring the radio telephone operator restricted (RTR) certificate and license from the Department of Telecom to the DGCA, and ease the process for pilots as they can secure all their certificates from one authority
- Aspiring pilots said that if the proposal came through, they would be able to appear for the RTR exam in any of the DGCA’s 14 exam centres.
Prelims Takeaway
- Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak