Air India (AI) needs to change its attitude towards safety or risk a disaster, a retired Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA official had warned the airline’s management last August.
A K Chopra, who had earlier served as joint director general of the DGCA, was appointed safety advisor to the AI chairman in November 2018. He left the post last August after the airline terminated his contract.
Chopra had flagged concerns regarding engineering, flight safety, operations, and training standards in the airline and subsidiaries, thus warning the management of grave safety risk.
“We have been lucky in the past but safety cannot