‘2 mid-air close shaves’: India’s ATC Guild on new rating system

India’s air traffic controllers are blaming a new rating system for increasing their workload and potentially compromising safety. The Air Traffic Control Guild India has written to the aviation ministry, the Airports Authority of India and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, expressing concerns about the “concurrent rating system”, which has reportedly led to two incidents of aircraft coming dangerously close together. The guild called for the new system to be implemented gradually.