DGCA to rank pilot schools to increase transparency

New Delhi: Pilot training schools in India will now be ranked by the government to increase transparency for aspiring pilots.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)'s action comes after several crashes and incidents involving flying training schools and trainer aircraft in recent years.

The civil aviation regulator has drawn up parameters, and weightage will be assigned to each of them. Some of the proposed parameters include safety standards, performance, compliance, student support, operations, and adherence to rules.


A notice issued by the DGCA on Tuesday said that the ranking will provide a comparative framework to assess the performance and quality of flying training organisations (FTOs) based on uniform and objective criteria, promoting standardisation in training quality across institutions.