© business-standard.comSack Aviation Watchdog Chief Over Kerala Crash Remarks, Say Pilot Unions
Two Air India pilot unions on Tuesday wrote a letter to Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri, demanding the removal of Directorate General of Civil Aviation chief Arun Kumar over his “casual and speculative” remarks on the Kerala plane crash, PTI reported.
The Indian Commercial Pilots Union and Indian Pilots Guild cited Kumar’s interviews to news channels, in which he claimed that landing of the Air India Express plane from Dubai was not smooth. The pilots’ associations said that Kumar’s comments revealed his lack of technical knowledge and “amateurish” take on the accident.
“Whether a landing technique is appropriate or a contributory factor to a mishap can only be ascertained after a thorough, evidence backed investigation and not by speculative, casual remarks,” the groups said.