Air Passengers Association of India - Airliners-India

malik · Member

Air Passengers Association of India

karatecatman · Member

Referring to this Chennai -based organisation and run by Sudhakar Reddy?

They make a noise once in a while, but no one takes them seriously. Began as a voice to protest the high handed ways of IA and just lost track.

Was once what Kapil Kaul is now. Every media organistion had to quote him!!

-- Edited by karatecatman at 18:21, 2006-08-04

karatecatman · Member

But their news bulletins try and keep uptodate with happenings.

http://www.air-passenger.com/

and

http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050117400500.htm

karatecatman · Member

http://www.blonnet.com/2006/02/04/stories/2006020400160700.htm

This is the latest update, this year, when Reddy had something to rant and rave about.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 18:24, 2006-08-04

malik · Member

I became a member by paying 2500.oo and after that the interaction has been sporadic at best. They have a lot of "committee members" and initially they wanted to make me one for Pune region, but then they sent me a lot of literature asking me to help in making other members with some guidelines on how the membership fees would be shared.

Now suddenly I got an eMail from them asking me to see them on NDTV and help them with more media publicity. But they also told me they have a magazine called PLANETALK. And in the bargain there is a person, Vijay, who has started exchanging interesting eMails with me. Shall have them up here soon.

JumboJet · Member

karatecatman wrote:

Referring to this Chennai -based organisation and run by Sudhakar Reddy?

They make a noise once in a while, but no one takes them seriously. Began as a voice to protest the high handed ways of IA and just lost track.

Was once what Kapil Kaul is now. Every media organistion had to quote him!!

-- Edited by karatecatman at 18:21, 2006-08-04

Kapil Kaul of CAPA.....Should he be taken seriously......

HAWK21M · Member

Interesting Website.Seems Chennai based.

Any Achievements.

regds

MEL

malik · Member

I don't know too many, but I do know that when I started taking on the MoCA and AAI on this business of exemptions/preferences to so-called VIPs, then they rapidly dis-associated themselves from the efforts! Even now, the approach is to throw press conferences and invite babu-dom and politicos.

tayara mechanici · Member

malik wrote:

I don't know too many, but I do know that when I started taking on the MoCA and AAI on this business of exemptions/preferences to so-called VIPs, then they rapidly dis-associated themselves from the efforts! Even now, the approach is to throw press conferences and invite babu-dom and politicos.

How would you suggest effecting change in a bureucratic country like India without engaging the Babus and politicos ?

It will be interesting to see how did the telecom industry achieve progress in reducing red tape.

karatecatman · Member

APAI has been active.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HH08Df01.html

India struggles to keep aircraft aloft
By Raja M

... The Chennai-based, non-profit Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) is worried that the present civil-aviation boom is more than the DGCA resources can handle, particularly in granting safety audits of airlines. It wants a civil-aviation regulatory independent of the directorate. APAI president D Sudhakara Reddy said, "We demand creation of a Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority along the lines of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to tackle issues concerning passenger safety."

...

The whole article is in "Editorial, Analysis, Opinion" section.

malik · Member

tayara mechanici wrote:

malik wrote:

I don't know too many, but I do know that when I started taking on the MoCA and AAI on this business of exemptions/preferences to so-called VIPs, then they rapidly dis-associated themselves from the efforts! Even now, the approach is to throw press conferences and invite babu-dom and politicos.

How would you suggest effecting change in a bureucratic country like India without engaging the Babus and politicos ?

It will be interesting to see how did the telecom industry achieve progress in reducing red tape.

Engaging babus and politicians is fine, that's how it needs to be done, but today I as a passenger have the artillery with me so why not let the babus know it, too?

tayara mechanici · Member

Well gopi has been mentioning about seeting up a org similar to NASSCOM ( http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=103526&leftnm=1&subLeft=0&chkFlg )=, which IMO is required, his statement about pvt monopoly is true as was evident with 9W literally ruling the skies up until 2003. Additionally we need the MOCA to form a regulatory body like the ATOL in U.K. plus the pax asso. The problem with the pax asso is the baggage of regional prejudice that we indians carry, if u know what i mean.