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	DGCA - Hot News
		On Wednesday, March 16th, 2005, the Downers Grove Community Advocates announced a reception for DGCA endorsed Village Council and Park District candidates as well as School Caucus endorsed School Board Candidates to be held on March 20th, 2005 at the Emmett's Ale House on Main Street from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.
		The purpose of this caucus is to allow candidates an opportunity to educate the general public as well as directors and members of the DGCA as to their candidacy and platform.The question and answer sessions will be moderated by Stephen Daniels, president of the Downers Grove Community Advocates.
		The withdrawal action confirms the DGCA positions that the issue was not a good solution for the village and was put forth without the appropriate involvement of the community at large through public debate.
	www.dgcadvocates.org /DGCAHotNews.htm (1474 words)

	DGCA - Home Page
		The DGCA exists to reach out to the community and to work in a positive effort to preserve the best of our community and to move forward to make it even better.
		The Downers Grove Community Advocates invites all of those interested to join with them in this effort.
		they belong to all of us and the DGCA wants to work with you for a positive future.
	www.dgcadvocates.org (174 words)

	DGCA Kuwait Certifies Ubitech's AMHS Technology
		This represents an important event for Ubitech, but is equally significant to DGCA Kuwait who prides itself on being at the forefront of civil aviation systems and technology.
		The success of these trials has given DGCA Kuwait a high level of confidence regarding the ease of migrating its AFTN environment to AMHS in the near future.
		DGCA Kuwait’s knowledgeable AFTN staff were extremely cooperative and professional and made a significant contribution to the overall success of the trials.
	www.prleap.com /pr/27723 (360 words)

	DGCA panel to check IGI snags-Delhi-Cities-The Times of India
		Officials of the two airlines went to the DGCA on Monday and Tuesday to outline the problems being faced by their fleet.
		The DGCA has worked out a three-pronged check for all the aircraft being flown by AI and IA. In the first stage, the airlinesâ maintenance engineers would thoroughly check all the planes within two days.
		DGCA ensures that the operators strictly follow the manufacturersâ instructions for maintenance of their aircraft.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /DGCA_panel_to_check_IGI_snags/articleshow/2050924.cms (394 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The dgca authorities would have had to admit that the pilots commanding the above-mentioned flights were not trained in Instrument Flight Rules (ifr) — which trains pilots to fly aircraft in zero visibility at night, during foggy weather or when flying through clouds.
		Though the dgca is just a regulatory body of the civil aviation ministry — licencing and performing checks on pilots — it also undertakes investigations for all crashes taking place in India.
		The civil aviation ministry and the dgca has a lot to answer for as the issues concern the lives of ordinary citizens as well as the citizens who matter.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main9.asp?filename=ts122504crash_course.asp (1239 words)

	PIB Press Release
		In the Indian context, where Civil Aviation is indicating a high potential for growth, DGCA needs to play the role of the safety and economic regulator as well as the facilitator for developmental activities in the operational and manufacturing sectors of aviation.
		It is stated that DGCA would have the benefit of being a state agency discharging the sovereign responsibilities of enforcing the compliance of safety and economic regulations, discharging the afore-stated developmental, quality control and catalytic responsibilities and effective autonomy of an independent authority, for administration and financial matters.
		Noting that the DGCA officials operate in a sophisticated environment and regulate the technologically advanced aviation operations of elite organizations and institutes, the Committee has drawn attention towards the fact that other developing, settling democracies the world over are seeking India’s technical expertise in the matters of safety in air transport and aviation training.
	pib.nic.in /release/release.asp?relid=16986 (2249 words)

	DGCA - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		DGCA is also a compressed archive format, the next generation of 'GCA'.
		DGCA has higher compression than ZIP, Strong Password, Unicode Filename.
		However, DGCA is not a major compression format.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/DGCA (66 words)

	Zee News - DGCA starts strict monitoring of services of airline crew (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sources said the DGCA in June mounted strict surveillance and carried out pre-flight medical examination of the crew members of all airlines operating in the country.
		DGCA's powers would also be enlarged to cover regulation of air transport services, prohibition of flights over specified areas, ban on slaughtering and flaying of animals within a 10-km radius of airports and safety oversight functions.
		Powers are proposed to be granted to DGCA to grant licences to air traffic control personnel, in line with those given to pilots, to maintain standards and level of proficiency.
	www.zeenews.com /znnew/articles.asp?aid=308016&ssid=50&sid=BUS (701 words)

	ADASTRA AERIAL SURVEYS - Chronology 1940 - 1949
		DGCA to Follett: (Telegram) Notice that the subsidy agreement "will be determined from close of 30th January" and advising that the Commonwealth is prepared to negotiate an agreement for four returns weekly for a subsidy of approximately £750 per annum.
		DGCA to Follett: In response to a telegram of protest from Follett, Corbett advises that the subsidy must be discontinued because of the war effort.
		DGCA to Follett: "Owing to the untimely death of the Hon.
	www.adastra.adastron.com /company/chron-40.htm (7788 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : Too many planes, too few pilots
		With the DGCA permitting the logging of 1,000 flying hours a year, a minimum of five sets of cockpit crew per aircraft are required for domestic jet operations.
		The DGCA has stipulated that to qualify for direct command on wide-bodied aircraft, a pilot should have logged at least 7,000 flying hours, 4,000 of them as commander on smaller aircraft with an all-up weight of 55,000 kg.
		The DGCA is also allowing private airlines to employ non-airline jet rated pilots with turbo-prop and fighter jet flying experience from the services, directly as captains on new generation aircraft.
	www.hindu.com /2006/07/12/stories/2006071208901100.htm (629 words)

	DGCA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In computing, DGCA is a freeware compression utility created in 2001 by Shin-ichi Tsuruta.
		DGCA is also a compressed archive format, the next generation of 'GCA'.
		DGCA has higher compression than ZIP, Strong Password, Unicode Filename.
	www.javvin.com /softwareglossary/DGCA.html (44 words)

	Welcome to Punjabkesari.com - Travel & Tourism
		They said the DGCA is more concerned about the withdrawal of the tag 'congestion surcharge' as it brings DGCA's inability to manage air traffic congestion in the public knowledge.
		This explains that DGCA is not bothered about the high ticket prices which will ultimately be passed on to the customers but to make an impression that the air traffic congestion woes are under control," said an industry player.
		Interestingly, in a DGCA notice, dated October 26, 2005, the DGCA had asked airlines that in case of delay, the inflight announcement made by the operating crew to passengers on board should not be mentioned as 'delay due to air traffic control'.
	www.punjabkesari.com /Travel/news4.htm (381 words)

	Committee On Restructuring Of DGCA Submits Report - News.Indlaw.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The DGCA should be statutorily notified as the sole apex body for safety and economic regulation of the sector.
		DGCA should be given a sufficient budget and have clear-cut administrative and financial autonomy through a DGCA Council and its Empowered Committee.
		DGCA should liberalize its regulatory framework so as to give a greater fillip to the already burgeoning civil aviation sector.
	www.indlawnews.com /AFB25FA991D53F6C4775BD648DD41553 (2266 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Further, the DGCA through its letter in February 2002 has made it clear that the supernumerary or passenger hours of pilots shall be counted towards their flight time.
		Meanwhile, the DGCA has asked the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Air-India Mr V Thulasidas to clarify if the carrier had gone ahead with training of Commanders as Instructor/Examiner on Boeing 777-200 type of aircraft without meeting the requirements of a minimum of 500 hours on the said type of aircraft as Pilot in Command (PIC).
		The DGCA in its letter to Air-India dated January 25 has made it clear any attempt to circumvent the CAR particularly "flying experience shall not be accepted." The letter acknowledged that Air-India had sought the DGCA's approval on January 18 for approving Capt Amitabh Singh as Instructor in Boeing 777-200 type of aircraft.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060131/main2.htm (881 words)

	IndianExpress.com :: DGCA mulls removal of flying time limits to address pilot shortage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now, DGCA has invited comments from airline operators and professional bodies by November 17 on the proposed changes to be introduced in the FDTLs & FTLs.
		In addition to the rest based upon their flying in 24 consecutive hours, DGCA also wants airlines to ensure that all pilots are given a weekly 24-hour rest (encompassing a period between 2300 hours and 0500 hours) to ensure a proper night's sleep.
		According to the DGCA, a crew should be compensated with six hours of additional rest if they exceed these limitations by upto an hour, 12 hours for exceeding limits between 1-2 hours and 16 hours additional rest for exceeding the limitations between 2-3 hours.
	www.indianexpress.com /story/15962.html (662 words)

	The Hindu : DGCA begins probe
		However, any light on the cause of the mishap can be thrown only after the recovery of the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder.
		Rudy has also directed the DGCA to strengthen the safety standards for such operations.
		Meanwhile, ONGC said that Mi-172 helicopter was manufactured on September 25, 1995 and the last major inspection on it was carried out on March 26 this year and certificate of air-worthiness issued by DGCA had its validity till March 30, 2004.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/08/13/stories/2003081304111100.htm (394 words)

	DNA - Money - ONGC gets DGCA nod for ATF manufacturing - Daily News & Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		DGCA conducted final inspection of facilities and samples of ATF at Hazira plant on March 28.
		DGCA carries out inspection of company's facilities and the sample of ATF batch produced is collected in the presence of DGCA representative.
		These samples are sealed by DGCA and sent to different independent labs having no linkages with the company.
	www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1035199 (419 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : City airport to get DGCA licence for safety
		A team of officials from the DGCA directorate in New Delhi had carried out inspection of the safety standards of Thiruvananthapuram international airport in April as part of issuing the licence.
		After New Delhi and Mumbai airports, Thiruvananthapuram international airport was the third to be taken up in the entire country by the DGCA for granting the mandatory licence.
		Although the DGCA will issue licence to the airports on the basis of the inspection carried out by the officials, he said the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) would carry out random checks of the airports before certifying the licence.
	www.hindu.com /2006/06/13/stories/2006061320260300.htm (363 words)

	Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport
		The DGCA is a public administration belonging to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
		The DGCA main objective is to promote air transport as a convenient, quick and safe transportation means.
		To achieve this objective, the DGCA has invested heavily in the infrastructure which permitted us to adopt the newest technologies and procedures.
	www.beirutairport.gov.lb /mission.html (333 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The DGCA only needs to check if they are fit to fly in India and what kind of maintenance back-up they have.
		Each time, the DGCA has to start the certification from scratch because it has no standard rules to fall back on.
		Till then, certification is expected to be slow as the DGCA looks closely at its own books and raises safety and maintenance questions.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1061005/asp/nation/story_6829475.asp (518 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Air safety committee recommends independent panel for probing accidents
		The high-powered committee, which included DGCA Director General H S Khola, Airports Authority of India chairman Ranjan Chatterjee and Indian Airlines chairman and managing director P C Sen, was set up in September to review the DGCA, the Aircraft Act, 1934 and Aircraft Rules, 1937, and to optimise air safety and regulatory control.
		It held that the DGCA's research and development directorate should be restructured to eliminate the design and development of gliders, trainer aircraft and winches and it should work more closely with human factor and systems failure studies to bolster aviation safety.
		For this, the DGCA should be allowed to take eight very experienced air traffic controllers from the AAI on deputation.
	www.rediff.com /news/nov/04avia.htm (614 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		Maintaining that DGCA was an authority to issue pilots licenses and had no locus standi on the contract between a pilot and the organisation they were serving, he said the ICPA would be writing to the Civil Aviation Ministry, the Law Ministry and DGCA on the matter before filing a writ petition.
		They said a similar DGCA circular of 1993 was "struck down" by the Calcutta High Court in 1998 and the Supreme Court in 2001.
		Observing that the DGCA was rightly concerned about safety of aircraft operations, the sources maintained that resignation of a pilot or disruption of a flight did not concern operational safety.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=320626 (631 words)

	DGCA to relax norms for take-off in fog
		DGCA to relax norms for take-off in fog
		According to industry sources, in a meeting held this weekend, the DGCA has yielded to a request from major airline operators like Jet Airways, Air India and Spicejet, to relax the existing norms.
		Moreover, the DGCA has also yielded to the request of the airlines to de-link landing and take-off conditions for all the qualified carriers for the new LTM, the sources added.
	mid-day.com /news/nation/2006/december/149039.htm (238 words)

	HAL ROTARY WING ACADEMY
		The Academy is housed in one of the HAL hangars in close proximity of the Bangalore Airport.
		Medical Fitness: Medically fit as certified by a DGCA empanelled doctor or Medical Establishment for issue of Student Pilot's Licence prior to commencement of the flying training.
		Passing of the ground subjects is necessary before one qualifies for issue of Pilot’s Licence by the DGCA besides completion of the flying training.
	www.hal-india.com /helicopter/trainingacademy.asp (1374 words)

	It's question time for Air Deccan : Special investigation, Air Deccan, cheating, DGCA, Airports Authority of India, ...
		The DGCA has said this was a gross violation of rules as low-cost airlines cannot overbook.
		On January 29 this year, Air Deccan failed to report the exact number of passengers on board its flight DN 763 from Bangalore to Mumbai.
		Responding to the DGCA probe, Air Deccan said in a press release that it welcomes the decision.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/dgca-to-quiz-deccan-on-cheating-case/top/36674-3.html?xml (600 words)

	PIB Press Release
		The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has today announced additional guidelines to deal with the prevalent fog situation at the IGI Airport, Delhi.
		The DGCA has been monitoring round the clock, the operational procedures in sequencing of flights, passengers facilitation on ground, ATC clearances etc. The DGCA has also reviewed the winter schedule of all airlines for movement out of Delhi and has amended or cancelled flights vis-à-vis compatibility of the airlines.
		The DGCA today has written to the CEOs of all scheduled airlines regarding measures to be taken for safe and orderly flow of traffic including passenger facilitation due to delays/cancellations etc. arising out of fog.
	pib.nic.in /release/release.asp?relid=23240 (532 words)

	Bill to enhance DGCA powers introduced .:. NewKerala.Com, India News Channel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Introducing the Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2006 in the Lok Sabha, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said the legislation was intended to lay down appropriate safeguards to ensure protection of civil aviation in the country against acts of unlawful interference.
		It would empower the Centre to grant license to personnel engaged in air traffic control, certify, inspect and regulate the communication, navigation and surveillance as well as air traffic management, besides ensuring security and safeguarding the aviation sector against acts of unlawful interference.
		The bill, brought in the backdrop of privatisation and vast developments in technology as well as India switching over from ground-based to satellite based technology, also seeks to give effect to the provisions of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, popularly known as the Chicago Convention.
	www.newkerala.com /news4.php?action=fullnews&id=3491 (247 words)

	Jet ground pilot Shweta
		On November 22, Jet Airways gave the DGCA the cockpit recordings of flight 825.
		The DGCA will shortly call Shweta and her co-pilot to determine exactly what went wrong.
		DGCA sources said the inquiry will also go into whether the lapse was due to Shweta’s physical and mental condition at the time.
	www.mid-day.com /news/city/2006/november/147156.htm (574 words)

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