Flysikkerhet - India

India to appoint US firm to boost aviation safety ranking DGCA may name Wicks Group to help restore safety ranking that was downgraded by the US regulator in January FAA highlighted untrained DGCA officials, the absence of documented procedures for new types of aircraft being inducted into India, and a shortage of flight inspectors to monitor India's growing airlines among the reasons it enumerated while downgrading India.  New Delhi: India plans to appoint Washington-based consulting firm Wicks Group, PLLC to help restore its aviation safety ranking that was downgraded by the US regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January. FAA's downgrade means Air India and Jet Airways (India) Ltd-the two Indian airlines that fly to US destinations-can't operate new flights to that country and have to suffer the humiliation of additional ramp checks on foreign soil, despite using new planes.