Be safe. Fly Safe,
Flight safety is the study and practice of protecting passengers, crew, and aircraft from risks related to aviation. The industry’s excellent safety record is due to strict regulations, advanced technology, and comprehensive personnel training.
This article is not a critique of expatriate professionals, many of whom contribute valuable experience during periods of rapid fleet expansion. Rather, it examines whether persistent compensation asymmetry for identical operational responsibility undermines morale, distorts workforce planning, and ultimately weakens safety culture in a sector where human performance remains the last line of defence.
In aviation, gravity is impartial. It does not recognise rank, reputation, or reason.
It responds only to decisions.
And decisions, ultimately, reflect the systems that shape them.
These five reforms are neither radical nor costly; they are the minimum needed to align India’s aviation safety with global standards. Without them, the country’s dream of being a world-class aviation hub will remain a façade: glass palaces masking unsafe skies.
Birds and aircraft have most stubborn “airspace sharing agreement”; and one that no one actually signed thus leading to conflicts and bird strikes. The first recorded incident dates back to 1905, when Orville Wright, during a demonstration flight, collided with an unsuspecting bird. The world’s first powered flight pioneer thus also became the world’s first victim in an airspace sharing conflict – the bird strike.
Remember all the pilots started just where you are in the left seat of a Cessna, Piper, Diamond or Cirrus. They learned just like you and went step by step from Level 1 to level 3.
Fatigue is a general term used to describe physical and/or mental weariness something which extends beyond normal tiredness. Fatigue can also be described as a feeling of exhaustion, extreme physical and mental tiredness, or lack of energy that is not relieved by rest.
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In the aftermath of a tragic aviation accident, such as the crash of Air India Flight 171, emotions naturally run high. The loss of life, the haunting images, the unanswered questions—all fuel a collective need for accountability and closure. Amid this turbulence, a select group of professionals have been entrusted with a duty that is both solemn and sacred: to uncover the truth. They are the investigators, often unseen, yet central to shaping our understanding of what really happened. It may be considered naive by some, but there remains a…
Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity. A lightning strike during flight can be very distressing to passengers and crew, and cause damage to an aircraft. The lightning strike very rarely compromise the safety of the aircraft. Lightning occurs as a result of a build up of static charges within a Cumulonimbus (Cb) cloud, often associated with the vertical movement and collision of ice particles (Hail), which result in a negative charge at the base of the cloud and a positive charge at the top of the cloud. Beneath the cloud, a…
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