Air India Near Death Incident

[PJ2]

jstars2;

Can you ask your friend:

Does Air India maintain and use a flight data analysis program on the B777 fleet or any fleet?

Does Air India maintain a system of Air Safety Reports which can provide for anonymous input if so desired?

Does Air India have a Safety Reporting Policy which holds harmless anyone who experiences an incident and self-reports?

Does Air India practise SMS?

Is the fear of being fired or of "death in a hotel room" for reporting a serious incident a distinct possibility at Air India which one must guard him/herself against?

These are standard approaches to flight safety that are in place at most major carriers. Flight data analysis programs are used to examine this very kind of event.

I am well aware of the criticisms of some aspects of aviation in India and that cultural issues can be a factor in CRM and open safety reporting but none of this negates the requirement to have in place these minimum safety tools.

PJ2