Airworthiness Regulations For Civil Aircraft Oblige Excellent Operations With Strict Control Procedures

Interviewed by Adeesh Sharma

We spoke to P. S. Ganapathy, Senior Aviation Consultant & Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India to understand the key challenges related to implementing safety regulations within a large organization, the safety processes to be followed to ensure adherence to MRO best practices, the new and innovative occupational safety practices as part of MRO of aircraft and his views on the OSH India expo and the role played by it in enhancing awareness on safety related issues.

1. What are the key challenges related to implementing safety regulations within a large organisation?

Implementing safety regulations is the primary responsibility of the top management in any organization more so in a large organization. The key challenges are:

a) Walk the talk in practice

b) Getting the full commitment of the employees through infusing the required morale

c) Providing adequate resources.

2. What are the safety processes to be followed to ensure adherence to MRO best practices?

Establishment of an effective Safety Management System as appropriate to the organization is key to ensure that all the safety requirements are strictly followed. Only competent and passionate personnel should be appointed for such supervision of safety related activities. Regular audits should be carried out to unearth the shortcomings of the system and voluntary safety reporting should be actively encouraged from the workers as they know 100% of the problems in the work area. Initial and recurrent training should be carried out considering SAFETY as an INVESTMENT for business profitability.

3. What are some of the new and innovative occupational safety practices as part of MRO of aircraft?

Airworthiness regulations for civil aircraft oblige excellent operations with strict control procedures. Therefore proper aircraft maintenance and management is a sophisticated multi agent process, involving a growing amount of information processing.