Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (1) |
The operator/All scheduled operators may clarify flight dispatch policy for multi sector flights and responsibility be clearly defined with regards to dispatch of flights. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (10) |
The operator/All scheduled operators must define alternates based on the weather trend (TAFOR). |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (11) |
The operator/All scheduled operators may define two designated alternates (which have defined IAP procedure for both runways) for all flights and cater for fuel for the farthest alternate. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (12) |
The operator/All scheduled operators must ensure that fuel policy is in-line with the DGCA requirements based on the statistical data for the last 15 days, which must include fuel for ATC delays, enroute icing, congestion at the destination airport, change of routing etc. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (13) |
Flight crew must be vigilant about the weather conditions at destination and alternate by seeking weather updates in flight from company or ATC to monitor weather trend at destinations and designated alternates. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (14) |
Flight crew before operating any flight must be provided details of watch hours, alongwith details of fire fighting etc. of all the airports in the area of operation in the pre flight briefing folders. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: DGCA | VT-ESH (15) |
DGCA may consider keeping All Weather Operations (AWO) simulator training for all weather operations separate from the normal IR/ PPC training / Checks during initial and recurrent training. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (16) |
DGCA may clarify if Monsoon simulator training is a one time exercise or needs to be carried out annually for all flight crew. Same may be included in the \'Explanatory Notes of AWO CAR\'. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (17) |
DGCA may consider ensuring that instrument RVR is issued below 800 meters for the purpose of take-off and landing at all airports. (Many regulators clearly define that below 800 meters visibility, all take-off minimas are defined in RVR. Same must be clarified in DGCA CAR on \'All Weather Operations\'.) |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (18) |
DGCA must ensure that AAI defines Low Visibility Procedures for airports wherein \'Low Visibility Operations\' (below 800 m visibility) takes place. AIP must carry this information. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (19) |
DGCA should include incidences of declaration of fuel emergencies as one of the \'Safety Indicators\' (in SSP). |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (2) |
The operator/All scheduled operators may ensure that proper training is provided to flight dispatchers by an authorized person including recurrent training as per DGCA requirements for preparing and interpreting the computerized flight plan for briefing purposes. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (20) |
DGCA should give approval/ certification to flight dispatchers. This recommendation was given in earlier investigation report also. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (21) |
Concept of \'Conversion of Meteorological Visibility (CMV) to RVR\' needs to be relooked into. Safety Risk Assessment must be carried out by the DGCA (Air Safety & FSD) & AAI to ensure its applicability at Indian airports. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (22) |
AAI/IMD must provide for VHF VOLMET facilities at airports like Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Bangalore, Guwahati, Calicut etc. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (23) |
Designated alternate (Destination and en-route) weather as mentioned in CAR Section 8, Series C, Part 1 (Table 9) must be for 01 hour before and 01 hour after the expected time of arrival at the alternate based on appropriate weather reports (METAR) or weather forecasts (TAF), or a combination of these, which indicate that, at the estimated time of arrival at the alternate airport, the ceiling and visibility at that airport will be at or above Table 9 of CAR Section 8, Series C, Part 1 (All Weather Operations) for dispatch purpose. In-flight the normal landing minima will be applicable. Same must be clarified in the ?Explanatory Notes? of the said CAR. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (24) |
AAI must ensure that the watch hours of airfields around designated alternates (between 15th of November till 10th of February) are defined/ made available as NOTAMs and the airfield kept open till the last arrival of aircraft at the destination. Especially in the northern & eastern sector airfields like Amritsar, Jaipur, Udaipur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Agartala etc. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (25) |
Delhi and all major airports must maintain updated/ latest alternate weather information which can be made available to the flight crew on request especially whenever the weather deteriorates e.g. during thunderstorm, while experiencing strong surface winds or fog. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (26) |
AAI, based on the updated statistical data must define the congestion period for all major airports in India and the information must be a part of AIP. Same can also be made available on their website. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (27) |
Met offices at airports should have all the equipment\'s calibrated as and when required. In case the equipment\'s are not calibrated NOTAM action must be taken and flight crew to be informed as equipment to be considered as unserviceable. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (28) |
IMD must ensure that accuracy of the TAF needs to be improved to help planning alternates in an efficient manner. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (29) |
Instrument RVR facility must be made available at all airfields where CAT I ILS is established or airport is to be used for operations(Example: Take-off) below 800 meters of visibility. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (3) |
The operator/All scheduled operators may ensure that proper documentation w.r.t. flight dispatch be maintained. may clarify the role of flight dispatch vis-à-vis operations control (such as IOCC etc.). |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (30) |
At airports wherein no low visibility procedure\'s has been defined by the AAI, take-off minima must be restricted to visibility of 800 meters. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (31) |
AAI must have a system to ensure that not all flights during period of congestion end up filing the same airport as an alternate. Alternates must be filed keeping the fiight crew qualification & aircraft technical status in mind. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: AAI/IMD | VT-ESH (32) |
During winter months, (approx. starting from 15th of November till 10th of February), designated destination alternates must have trend visibility that of equivalent to lowest of the Non Precision Approach (not of precision approach) for 1 hour before and after the expected time of arrival at the alternate. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (4) |
The operator/All scheduled operators should depute the experienced flight dispatchers for dispatch duties so that in case of emergency, timely (safety related) advise is given to the flight crew. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (5) |
The operator/All scheduled operators must implement flight following for every leg of all flights and necessary resources (equipment & manpower) be clearly defined. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (6) |
The operator/All scheduled operators must, during the period of 15th of November till 10th of February make available a senior flight crew in flight dispatch between the stipulated time (foggy weather) to extend support to the flight dispatchers. Such flight crew must be supported by Met officers etc. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (7) |
The operator/All scheduled operators must make pro-active decision well in advance for diverting flights while arriving into fog bound airports, instead of holding over destination till minimum diversion fuel (MDF) and then diverting to the alternate, which leaves the flight crew to declare ?minimum fuel? (as per ICAO) and putting undue pressure on ATCOs. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (8) |
The operator/All scheduled operators must ensure that during the period of inclement weather flight dispatch contacts the aircraft by available means (VHF/HF/ACARS/SATCOM) & relay latest weather for destination and alternates. Operations Controller must give his/her advice regarding weather trend. However final decision remains with the Commander of the flight. |
Issued: 12-AUG-2016 | To: Air India | VT-ESH (9) |
The operator/All scheduled operators must develop a fuel consumption monitoring system to be used in FWz (Computerized Operational Flight Planning system)/ Computerized flight planning systems (Like LIDO, NAVTECH etc) specific to the aircraft registration or use the seasonal wind flight plan using the aircraft manufacturers data to avoid any error in fuel upliftment. |