New Delhi: Commenting on the United States Federal Aviation Administration's decision to downgrade India's aviation safety ranking, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday described the decision as disappointing and surprising.
"It is very disappointing and also very surprising. If we look now, we are in compliance with 95 percent of the issues they had raised. Their report has not into taken account things that have happened since then. It is based only on what the situation was in December," Singh told media here today.
"FAA's report is based on their visit in December when seven issues were outstanding out of 31. Based on that they said, we have complied with 75 percent of the issues. Therefore, they have downgraded us to Category Two," he added.
Ajit Singh also said that India will continue to discuss technical things with the FAA and hoped that once the hiring programme is completed, it will review its decision.
Meanwhile Ajit Singh also announced that the cabinet has approved the hiring of 75 Chief Flight Operations Inspector (CFOI), Deputy CFOIs, Senior CFOIs and FOIs.
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