Timely flights, at what cost???
Just saw a news item wherein the Government has changed the rules about "Low Visibility Flying" to enable more flights to land and take off @ Delhi.
Take peek:
I've got two quick questions:
- If these new rules are adequately safe, why the *$%# was the Government enforcing the earlier rules all these days / weeks / months / years? If they're not adequately safe, why introduce rules that are less than safe???
- Given these new rules, would you dare to fly? I've my own doubts!!!
Yeah! I'm aware of the usual responses - such as
- "Safety is of paramount importance"
- "The technology allows us to do this"
- "We're taking all necessary precautions"
- "An expert panel has checked and given the go-ahead for the new proposals"
My own take on such changes of rules:
- Let a transparent report be submitted by an expert panel to a "review group" that has representation from the general public.
- Let such changes not be Knee-jerk reactions, let there be a minimum advance notice of a predetermined number of weeks / months before any such rule changes are implemented. This would also offer adequate time for other views to be received. After all, we certainly don't want to play around with safety. That too after experiencing the sad death of a serving Chief Minister possibly due to non-enforcement of safety precautions.
Regards,
N
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