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Air Traffic Controllers’ Guild (India)

T-1/7, Pocket 'B', INA Colony, Aurobindo Marg. New Delhi 110023 Phone +91 11 24654571 Fax +91 11 24619064

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CENTRAL COUNCIL MEETING OF 22 OCTOBER 2013

REPORT

Following members were present in Central Council meeting held on 22

October 2013:

1. D K BEHERA, PRESIDENT (CEC)

2. MANOJ KUMAR SINHA, GENERAL SECRETARY

3. R R MOURYA, ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY

4. JOY BHATTACHARYA, MEMBER (CEC)

5. TARUN KUMAR, MEMBER (CEC)

6. M P ARUN KUMAR, MEMBER (CEC)

7. MANISH KUMAR, MEMBER (CEC)

8. RAMPRADEEP K P, BRANCH SECRETARY (MANGALORE)

9. K UNNIKRISHNAN, PRESIDENT (MANGALORE)

10. G MADHUSOODANAN, BRANCH SECRETARY (THIRUVANANTHAPURAM)

11. REGINA KUMAR T, BRANCH SECRETARY (BENGALURU)

12. JASON JOHN, REGIONAL SECRETARY (SR)

13. MANOJ KUMAR NAYAK, BRANCH SECRETARY (HYDERABAD)

14. PRADEEPTA KUMAR BEJ, REGIONAL SECRETARY (NER)

15. K M THAMPY, PRESIDENT (THIRUVANANTHAPURAM)

16. SAUGATA PRAMANIK, REGIONAL SECRETARY (ER)

17. K K A KABIR, PRESIDENT (ER)

18. ASIT KUMAR SINHA, OBSERVER (KOLKATA)

19. VIVEK TIWARI, TREASURER (AHMEDABAD)

20. G MAHADEVAN, BRANCH SECRETARY (COCHIN)

21. AMANDEEP SINGH, BRANCH SECRETARY (AMRITSAR)

22. ABRAHAM KOSHY, OBSERVER (THIRUVANANTHAPURAM)

23. BHAGWAT SINGH BAGHEL, BRANCH SECRETARY (VARANASI)

24. LALIT KUMAR, PRESIDENT (AHMEDABAD)

25. SUNIL YADAV, REGIONAL SECRETARY (NR)

26. P G PATEL, PRESIDENT (WR)

27. M S ARSHI, REGIONAL SECRETARY (WR)

28. PREM SINGH, BRANCH SECRETARY (CATC)

29. RANGRAO SINGH, ASSISTANT REGIONAL SECRETARY (NR) AGENDA

ITEM

RES.

NO.

DISCUSSION ACTION

1. REPORTS

1.1. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

Presented by D K Behera, President

President presented his Report. The

highlights are:

Happy to head ATC Guild (India) as in

2004

Continuity in CEC of the Guild –

expressed hope that the new CEC will

live up to the members’ expectations

Will be giving more roles to Central

Council members(other than CEC

members) as their role is vital since

they are in direct contact with the

members

New members of the Guild are not

well acquainted with history and

Report of the Central Council Meeting of 22 October 2013 of 16

purpose of the Guild

Ministry of CA, DGCA and AAI have

more expectations from the Guild as a

professional body

Strongly conveyed the need for good

interpersonal relations between the

Guild office bearers and the members

at Branches.

Accommodation issues being handled

personally. Visited Mumbai and

Chennai with engineering team for

effective solution. The progress is also

being monitored.

Guild office bearers at Branches must

take up issues of concern with the

local management on behalf of the

members.

Achievements of the last CEC:

o Pay fixation benefits at E-5 pay

scale

o Stagnation issues

o Promotions

o Issues taken up with DGCA:

Fam flights, CATC instructors’

selection

Need for amendments in Guild

Constitution Guild’s 50th Anniversary celebrations

1.2. ACTIVITY REPORT BY GENERAL

SECRETARY

Presented by M K Sinha, General Secretary

GS presented Activity Report. The highlights

are:

Expressed gratitude for the successful

Seminar on 20 October

Taken over as GS in middle of the

Transfer Season.

o Achieved around 95% satisfaction

in transfers to members.

o Some transfers had to be effected

through the Chairman, AAI as the

ATM Directorate did not do them.

o Much energy and time wasted in

pursuing the ATM Dte. for

transfers

o Recommended that members

should forward their transfer

requests through Regional

Secretaries/Branch Secretaries

and not directly to the GS or

President (CEC)

o Issued a Circular for rationalisation

of manpower deployment vis-à-vis

Branch and Transfers in which a

form was requested to be filled by

members. Only 400 filled forms

received back so far. Urged all


office bearers to ensure that

members fill up the form and send

it to CEC immediately

Compensatory Offs (C/Offs) – Guild

does not support members to perform

extra duties, however we maintain the

stand that whenever the extra duties

are operationally inevitable, the

member should get compensatory off

and not Out Of Pocket allowance in its

present form. Presently, many caps in

availing C/Offs e.g. not more than 5

consecutively, have to avail within 3

months etc. Issue of removing caps in

availing C/Offs has been taken up

with Chairman/Member (ANS)

Problem of members with Mumbai’s

GM (HR) on Quarter allotment and

other issues: Matter taken up with the

Chairman and a letter was issued

asking for removal of the person from

Mumbai. Chairman assured that the

GM (HR) will be removed from

Mumbai. (President/RS (WR)

intervened to congratulate the CEC on

this issue)

Mumbai TMA sectorisation leaves

much to be desired: Matter taken up

with management for constituting a

new team to look into the

sectorisation at Mumbai.

Incentives for Instructors for CATC

posting: The Guild wants CATC

Instructors be selected on their merit

and aptitude. CEC has taken up this

issue with Chairman/DGCA for

providing more incentives to

Instructors so that more people can

opt for CATC postings rather than

following normal transfer policy.

Took up the issue of hiring

psychologists by the management to

counsel ATCOs involved in an ATC

incident. GM (ATM), IGI Airport

agreed to this proposal by the CEC for

IGI Airport ATCOs. Hoped that the

proposal will be cleared within a

fortnight. If successful, the same

scheme can be adopted at other

Airports

Took up the issue of construction of

new quarters at all Metros. On this

issue President, CEC visited Mumbai

and Chennai. Details on issues

discussed and decision taken during

these visits are available on the

Members’ Domain of atcguild.com in

“AAI Notices” section. Next metro on


the agenda for construction of

quarters will be for Bengaluru/

Hyderabad. Other Branch Secretaries

are requested to provide information

regarding need for accommodation at

their respective stations.

Discussion was carried out on the President

and GS Reports by the house.

President and Regional Secretary

(WR) congratulated CEC on the GM

(HR) issue at Mumbai.

President (WR) asked for a project

report to be prepared on the

experience of psychologists’

interaction with ATCO involved after

an ATC Incident.

RS (NR) wanted constitution of a

team of ATCOs by the Guild at all

metros to counsel junior ATCOs after

an ATC incident to help them write the

statement after the incident.

RS (NR) also demanded that local

Guild office bearers should be made

part of the investigation team to

inquire into an ATC incident.

President (CEC) wanted that the

upcoming General Council Meeting

(GCM) of the Guild should adopt a

resolution advising all ATCOs to

approach the local body of the Guild

after being involved in an ATC

incident. It can only be an advice as

one cannot force a member to

approach the Guild on this.

President (CEC) wanted the CEC to

issue a Circular to all Regional/Branch

Secretaries to constitute a specific

team of experts at each branch to

counsel and assist ATCOs after an ATC

incident.

Thiruvanathapuram Rep. cited global

examples expressing concern over

growing criminalisation of ATC

Incidents (Courts punishing ATCOs

involved in ATC incidents as

criminals). Suggested formation of

regional committees on this issue.

President (CEC) informed the house

that IFATCA is continuously fighting

‘Criminalisation of ATC incidents’.

From his experience of being an

IFATCA Board Member, he said that

despite recommendations by

international bodies like ICAO etc.; a

country’s law is supreme and is their

sovereign right to adjudicate. He cited

examples like India (SUSCA case at

Mumbai), Korea (VFR flights’ Collision

GS/CEC


– despite Korean laws being strict,

IFATCA could convince the Courts

through ICAO Docs), Indonesia

(Sukhoi crash), Brazil (Midair

Collision)

President (WR) opined that since all

nations in ICAO are signatories to the

Chicago Convention, they should not

allow ATCOs to be convicted for an

ATC incident.

President (CEC) clarified that despite

being signatories the law of the land

prevails and has been used to convict

ATCOs as in the case of Brazil Midair.

IFATCA’s Working Paper on this issue

is being discussed with ICAO. A lot of

work is required to educate the

politicians and the bureaucrats on this

issue. ATC Guild (India) has achieved

a limited amount of success on this

after 1999 and is sparing no efforts.

RS (SR) said that though the DGCA

has asked ATCOs to come forward

voluntarily to report ATC incidents,

none will do so if such reporting

causes punitive measures.

President (CEC) clarified that the

DGCA himself is aware of this problem

and he agrees that punitive measures

will suppress incident reporting.

2. ORGANISATIONAL ISSUES

2.1.

Res#1

CONDUCT OF LAST CEC ELECTIONS:

ELECTION PROCEDURES

President (CEC) congratulated all office

bearers of the Guild for smooth conduct of

the Elections.

RS (ER) opined that the Ballot papers should

not have been serially numbered by the

Election Commission. Ballot papers should

have a counterfoil (detachable) which should

contain the number.

President (CEC) opined that the process

devised by the Election Commission were

well-intentioned. The Guild Constitution

prescribes no procedure for the conduct of

Elections. He proposed that the Central

Council of the Guild should constitute a 3 or

4 member committee to author a document

for conduct of Guild elections. This document

should then be vetted by all the Regional

Secretaries. This document can then be

incorporated as an annexure (byelaws) into

the Constitution.

The President (CEC)’s proposal was

accepted by the house and suggestions

for committee members were invited.

The following names were suggested:


Mr. Sanjay Sikdar (Kolkata

Branch)

Mr. Achinto Datta (IGI Airport

Branch)

A P Udaynarayanan (Chennai

Branch)

The suggested names for the committee

were approved by the House and they

are tasked as follows:

To frame procedures for conduct

of elections to different bodies of

ATC Guild (India)

The document containing the

procedures to be submitted by the

committee to the CEC by 10th

December 2013.

This document will then be

published in the Guild website and

will remain open to suggestions

from members till 31 December

2013.

Amended Document to be

published in January for vetting

by all Regional Secretaries by 31

January 2014.

CEC/REC

to inform

Committee Members

2.2. COMMUNICATION AND REDRESSAL

MECHANISM

Matter dropped from Agenda

2.3.

Res#2

UPDATION OF MEMBERSHIP REGISTER

President (CEC) reminded the house that

updated Membership Register is a statutory

requirement as per the Society Registration

Act. As per our Constitution, it is the

responsibility of the Regional Secretaries to

update the register quarterly (every 3

months) for their respective regions. CEC has

periodically sent communications to all

Regional Secretaries regarding clarification

on CEC share of Members’ subscription.

After discussions the House resolved the

following:

CEC will communicate regarding

CEC share only with Regional

Secretaries. Regional Secretaries

will communicate with Branch

Secretaries regularly for

updations.

WebMaster will explore the

possibility of providing facility for

registration of new members

online. Activation of membership

will be done only when confirmed

by Regional Secretary.

Regional Secretaries will send

updated quarterly membership

list to CEC within one month of

the end of the quarter.

Any representation by members

CEC/RS

WebMaster

RS


regarding Membership Register

must be sent to Regional

Secretaries and not directly to

CEC.

CEC Member Secretaries shall

coordinate with Regional

Secretaries for any representation

or queries. Specific Regions have

already been assigned to CEC

Member Secretaries by CEC.

CEC will issue a circular clarifying

division of Membership fees

among the CEC, Regions and the

Branches.

CEC will explore the feasibility of

issuing ATC Guild I-Cards to

members which will also mention

their IFATCA membership status.

CEC

Member Secretaries

GS

CEC

2.4.

Res#3

ELECTION OF REGIONAL/ BRANCH

COUNCILS

House resolved to conduct Regional and

Branch Council Election in time

RS

2.5.

Res#4

AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION

President (CEC) informed that the present

ATC Guild (India) Constitution was drafted in

2004 by himself and the late stalwart Mr. K

Subramanian. He opined that the growing

number of members has made the

constitution less relevant to the needs of the

Guild. He proposed a committee be

constituted from among the Guild members

to look into the Constitution afresh and

suggest amendments.

The President (CEC)’s proposal was

accepted by the house and suggestions

for committee members were invited.

The following names were suggested:

Mr. P G Patel (Mumbai Branch)

Mr. Abraham Koshy (Thiru’puram

Branch)

Mr. K Shivakumar (Chennai

Branch)

Mr. A Venakateshwara Rao

(Hyd’bad Branch)

Mr. A B Chattoraj (Kolkata

Branch)

The suggested names for the committee

were approved by the House and they

are tasked as follows:

To study the entire Constitution of

ATC Guild (India) as it exists

today.

Suggest amendments to be

incorporated in the Constitution.

CEC/REC

to inform

Committee

Members

2.6. FINALISATION OF VENUE FOR GCM

President (CEC) informed that General

Council Meeting of the Guild is overdue as it

was last held in 2011. As all other Regions


Res#5

have already conducted GCM in the past, the

choice this time for venue should be

Guwahati Region or CATC, Allahabad.

After discussions, the house agreed and RS

(NER) concurred to hold the next GCM at

Guwahati.

Accordingly the followings were

resolved:

Next General Council Meeting

(GCM) of the Guild will be hosted

by Guwahati Branch.

The dates for the GCM will be

tentatively from 5 to 7 February

2014 and February 8 2014 will be

for local tour/sightseeing.

RS (NER) will revert to CEC with

confirmation of the dates. An amount of ₹200000 (Rupees

Two hundred thousand) will be

released to NER by CEC in

January 2014 for organisation

expenses of the GCM. CEC will

release more funds if required

after taking account of the costs

involved.

Arrangements at GCM will be

made for a maximum of 200

delegates (participants).

RS (NER) will submit a report to

CEC ASAP after an initial survey.

REC

(NER)/

CEC

2.7.

Res#6

CELEBRATION OF 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF

ATC GUILD (INDIA)

President (CEC) informed that ATC Guild

(India) was officially incorporated on 18

September 1964. The Guild will therefore

complete 50 years in 2014. Appropriate

celebrations must be held to mark the

occasion in 2014.

After discussions the house resolved the

following:

50th Anniversary Celebrations

activities will include:

o 3 Day’s Seminar at Delhi (20-

22 October 2014): 1st Day for

Inaugural Functions, 2nd Day

for ATM Industry and Vendors,

3rd Day for ATCOs and ATC.

o CEC will finalise other

programs in other parts of the

country latest by 31 December

2013 in coordination with

Regional Secretaries.

o Car Rally feasibility will be

explored by RS (NR). He will

submit a proposal to CEC after

doing the feasibility studies.

o Since ATC Guild (India) is

RS (NR)/

CEC


Res#7

supporting and endorsing

CADS2013 to be held on 5-6

December 2013, the 50th

Anniversary Celebrations

publicity materials shall be

ready by then for distribution

in CADS2013.

o All Members are invited to

design and submit a logo for

the celebrations to CEC within

15 days. CEC will take a

decision on finalising the logo

from the designs received.

The house also resolved the

following:

o Decision on a new logo for ATC

Guild (India) will be taken at

the forthcoming General

Council Meeting.

o 15% of net fund generated by

Branches for Guild Seminars

etc. will be paid back to the

Branches as Ephemeral Fund

starting from Guild Seminar 2013.

2.8.

Res#8

Res#9

REVAMPING OFFICE SETUP

(REQUIREMENT OF A FINANCIAL

MANAGER)

President (CEC) expressed the opinion that

the finances of the Guild should be managed

with the help of a professional Financial firm

as it is not possible for the CEC treasurer

alone to manage the various tax

commitments and other financial issues

(TDS, Returns etc.)

After discussions, the house resolved:

CEC will engage a Financial Firm

to deal with various financial

issues of the Guild.

President (CEC) also expressed that the

present Office Manager in the Guild CEC

office is overburdened with day-to-day work,

therefore, unable to assist the CEC in tasks

like Stenography, Typing, Presentation

preparation etc. Also, the CEC is unable to

cope up with the increased commitments of

the Guild without the help of a professional

Secretary to do such jobs. As such the CEC

requires the services of a professional

Secretary.

After discussions, the house resolved:

The Central Council authorises the

CEC to appoint a Secretary @ not more than ₹15000 (Rupees Fifteen

thousand) per month. Terms and

conditions for the appointment

shall be formulated by the CEC.

CEC

CEC


3. PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

3.1.

RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING

President (CEC) explained the current

problems with ATCO recruitment. [House

agreed to delete the details from this Report]

He also said that a number of recruitments in

ATC cadre are pending. The proposal before

the ANSP is to conduct Online Tests to

replace present procedure. EUROCONTROL,

BITS Pilani, New Zealand ANSP have been

approached by AAI for this purpose. The ATC

Guild wants ‘Battery Test’ and ‘Aptitude Test

(including English Language Proficiency)’ to

be incorporated in the recruitment

procedures.

As for Educational Qualifications

requirements, the licensing rules have made

the qualifications as BSc. The Manpower

Advisory Board (MAB) has already included

BSc in addition to the existing qualifications.

The MAB proposal will now go to AAI Board,

DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation for

approval.

Member (CEC) requested clarification about

existing Diploma qualification holders in ATC.

President (CEC) clarified that the existing

ATCOs will have their ratings automatically

endorsed irrespective of qualifications.

President (CEC) opined that sharing of

knowledge between senior controllers and

the juniors leave much to be desired. Any

training methodology must incorporate

sharing of knowledge between experienced

and the new controllers. Lack of training

among new controllers is obvious.

There was a general consensus among the

delegates that OJT instructor selection

process is faulty. CEC needs to take up this

issue with management.

Member (CEC) reminded the house that it is

the station level GM’s responsibility to send

proper nominations to Hqrs for OJT

instructors selection.

President (CEC) said that the Guild does not

have much control on recruitment process.

As for selection of OJT instructors; it is the

collective responsibility of all senior ATCOs of

a station. There is a proposal to do away with

OJT instructor allowances. He opined that

quality people must come forward and take

additional responsibilities. Also, additional

benefits and recognition should be provided

to the OJT instructors (e.g. foreign tours

etc.)

The GS felt that training methods in ATC

have been the same for ages. He, along with

President, has discussed this issue with the


Res#10

Chairman and DGCA. President (CEC) and

the GS both called for a detailed proposal for

revamping the training procedure and that

obsolete training methods must not be

allowed to impede growth as a proficient air

traffic controller.

RS (NR) stated that at IGI there are 325

controllers depending on 3 persons in the

training cell. He wanted the training cell to be

manned by 15-20 persons.

President (CEC) opined that there is no

structured training cell in the ATM Dte. He

called for suggestions on structured training

methods at station level to be provided to

CEC which in turn will give a consolidated

proposal to the management.

RS ER wanted that OCC shall be established

in Kolkata FIR. He also pointed out that with

5-shift roster in place; it is no longer possible

to complete OJT requirements in terms of

days.

President (CEC) agreed and said that he has

already pointed out this issue to the

management who are looking into it. He

again repeated his plea for suggestions from

Branches on training procedures to CEC

which the CEC will then put forward to the

management. He said even if the

management do not agree to our proposals

we can at least start a dialogue on this issue.

He agreed with RS (NR) that training cell at

Metros has to be expanded to manage

trainings.

President (CEC) clarified that for Radar

course at CATC, the policy is one

Performance Improvement Programme (PIP)

to all who do not make it at the first go. A

second PIP chance is only provided if

recommended by the Board. He said that the

Guild has requested management to provide

2nd PIP chance to all who do not make it

through in the 1st, but it has failed to

convince so far.

House resolved:

ATC Guild (India) will continue to pursue

with the management vigorously for 2nd

PIP chance to all who do not make it in

1st PIP in the RCAP Course.

On an intervention by BS (Amritsar),

President (CEC) informed that Amritsar will

become a regular station for RCAP courses.

CEC

3.2. INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY

President (CEC) stated that at many stations

new Radar and ADS-B are being installed.

Members should be careful as these should

not be accepted from vendors without going

through the documents. He advised members

not to sign an acceptance of the installation


just because a picture can be seen on the

screen.

He pointed out that the performance of new

Radar at Thiruvananthapuram and Cochin is

ambiguous. He wanted RS (SR) to submit a

detailed report on performance of these

Radars to CEC after coordinating with the

Branch Secretaries.

President (CEC) also wanted RS (NR) to

submit a detailed report to CEC on the

performance of AT3 System at IGI and the

status of the NOTAM specifying ‘On Trial’.

President (CEC) reminded the house that

ADS-B installations have to be certified

before commissioning them.

RS (SR)

RS (NR)

3.3. CLASSIFICATION OF AIRPORTS


3.4. STAFFING AND POSTING NORMS


3.5. FORMATION OF ANS CORPORATION

General Secretary informed that formation of

ANS Corporation is delayed as the

management wanted to incorporate it as an

AAI subsidiary. ATC Guild (India) is opposed

to the subsidiary status to ANS Corporation

and has conveyed its opposition to the

Ministry.

3.6. REMUNERATION FOR EXTRA DUTIES/

C.OFFS

President (CEC) informed that the Guild

maintains its stand of financial compensation

for performing extra duties. However, the

issue of availing C Off has been taken up

with management so that an exclusive rule

for operational personnel is prepared.

CEC

3.7. DELAY IN TRANSFERS

President (CEC) informed that the Guild is

pressurising the management to expedite the

transfer process and to delink transfers with

promotions.

CEC will take up the issue of releasing the

next transfer list by 28 February 2014 with

the management.

CEC

3.8. PROMOTIONS

President (CEC) clarified the reasons for

delay in Jt.GM (ATM) promotions.

He informed the house that the proposal to

change induction level for ATCOs to E-2 is up

for decision in the MAB. Also, the conflict

between NE-9 and E-2 pay scales will also be

deliberated in the MAB.

3.9. INDUCTION LEVEL OF EXECUTIVES IN

ATM DTE.

Matter combined with Agenda point 3.8

(Promotions)

3.10. ADS B TRAINING

Matter combined with Agenda point 3.2


(Introduction of New Technology)

3.11.

Res#11

GROWING NUMBER OF ATC INCIDENTS

President (CEC) opined that the Growing

number of ATC Incidents is a matter of great

concern to the Guild.

After discussions, the house identified the

following reasons for mitigation:

Lack of proper training to ATCOs

Senior ATCOs were present when

some of the incidents occurred thus

indicating a lack of leadership

qualities in senior ATCOs.

Work culture and Team spirit is

lacking

Standards of OJTIs not consistent

The House resolved that all Regional

Secretaries will give a

presentation/report to CEC on

operational matters in their respective

regions.

All RS

3.12. REVISION OF RATING ALLOWANCE

A presentation was made by Mr. Bibhuti

Bhusan developing on suggestions received

by the CEC.

The highlights are:

Qualification Allowance on passing out

of CATC. This allowance will reduce

gradually unless one acquires the

rating.

ATC duty Allowance will be in addition

to Qualification Allowance and a factor

of it.

Traffic related stress Allowance

(maximum will be a factor of

Qualification Allowance)

Allowance for non-rating positions

(small branches, CHQ, RHQ etc.)

Since time was short, the house requested

the CEC to forward the presentation to the

RS and BS to enable them to study before

commenting.

CEC

3.13. FAM FLIGHTS

Delegates pointed out that Fam Flights are

being repeated for a person resulting

someone getting the facility multiple times

while others have not got it even once.

President (CEC) opined that this is due to

nothing else but inefficient and inept

maintenance and handling of data at Hqrs

level management.

He request all the RS/BS to collect the data

for their respective stations and submit them

to the CEC for it to further pursue the matter

All RS/BS

3.14. FOREIGN TOUR


3.15. CAREER PROGRESSION

RS (NR) congratulated the CEC for being able


to get new posts for ATC cadre. He was

unhappy that while WCG report

recommended creation of all new posts in 3

years, the AAI is now spreading it over a 7

year period.

President (CEC) clarified that WCG

recommended creation of 2839 new posts

against the Guild’s demand for 4000 new

posts. As the Ministry was not ready to

sanction creation of 2839 posts within 3

years, the Guild reluctantly accepted the

Ministry’s proposal of doing it in 7 years. He

also clarified that the new posts will be in

addition to the vacancies that would have

otherwise been there.

3.16. PELA


3.17. FATIGUE RISK MANAGEMENT


3.18. HUMAN FACTORS


3.19. ATC DUTY HOUR LIMITATIONS


3.20. STAFFING NORMS FOR RHQ/CHQ


4. OTHER MATTERS

4.1. PRP TO ATCOS

President (CEC) explained to the house the

latest developments on the PRP issue.

4.2. PMS AND KPA RELATED ISSUES


4.3. ACCOMODATION

BS (Mangalore) demanded that in ATC Pool

Fire personnel should not be included as they

are not working under either Member (ANS)

or ED (ATM).

CEC agreed to look into the matter

CEC

4.4. MEDICAL POLICY/ INDOOR TREATMENT

BS (Cochin) pointed out that after

introduction of the new SAP software; a

reputed hospital like Amrita Medical Institute

has terminated its contract with AAI as their

bills have not been paid for long.

As an aside, he mentioned the SAP software

is also responsible for members not getting

their Sress Allowance last month.

CEC agreed to look into this matter with Mr.

Jolly at Hqrs who is heading the SAP team.

CEC

4.5. TRANSPORT FACILITIES


4.6. MEDICAL INSURANCE


4.7. SAU



4.8. SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE FOR OFFICE

BEARERS


4.9. OTHER ISSUES

POSTING DISCREPANCY (HYDERABAD)

BS (Hyderabad) pointed out the strange

discrepancies in posting ATCOs to Hyderabad

resulting in confusions all around. Some are

posted to Begumpet, some to Shamshabad,

still others to the HTC.

CEC will take up this issue with the

management to remove confusions on this

count.

OFFICE SPACE AT HEADQUARTERS

BS (HQRS) pointed out that many ATCOs

working at the Headquarters have not been

provided with office space resulting in

decrease in work performance. He demanded

that proper working space be provided to

ATCOs at Headquarters along with associate

aids.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LATE MR. B

K CHAUDHARY’s FAMILY

RS (ER) reminded the house that Late Mr. B

K Chaudhary died in CATC, Allahabad while

pursuing the RCAP course. His family is in

dire straits and urgently needs financial

assistance from the Guild. He stated that

every Guild member in Kolkata Branch has paid ₹5000 (Rupees Five thousand) toward

this cause. Also the CNS Guild has

contributed ₹111100 (Rupees One hundred

eleven thousand one hundred) to the Guild

for payment to the distressed family.

President (CEC) said that the CEC will issue a

circular to all members to contribute 1 day’s

Basic Pay as per the General Body resolution.

He also said that the issue of Revision in

Financial Assistance in such cases will be

taken up for discussion in the forthcoming

GCM.

PROBLEM WITH ALPHA UNIT OF

AIRFORCE OVER ASARI

BS (Amritsar) complained that Air force

fighters climbs and descends over waypoint

ASARI without coordination with Amritsar

ATC resulting in dangerous safety issues.

When confronted the fighters say that they

got clearance from ALPHA CONTROL to climb

or descend.

General Secretary stated that ALPHA UNIT is

only a monitoring unit and not a CONTROL.

They are not authorised to give control

instructions to aircraft. He asked BS

(Amritsar) to provide details of such incidents

to CEC so as to take up this issue.

5-SHIFT ROSTER AT AMRITSAR AND

COCHIN

CEC

CEC

BS (Amritsar)


BS (Amritsar) and BS (Cochin) requested the

CEC to have the 5-shift Roster for ATCOs at

Amritsar and Cochin as it is possible with the

existing manpower.

President (CEC) advised both to prepare a 5-

shift roster for their respective branches and

submit it to CEC so that CEC can get them

implemented in the respective branches.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ACC IN

BHUBANESHWAR AND PATNA

Kolkata Rep. wanted ACC to be established in

Bhubaneshwar and Patna to ease the traffic

load of Kolkata ACC. He said the Hqrs.

Proposal of a sub area will not help the

matter.

President (CEC) asked RS (ER) to submit a

proposal to CEC on this matter for it to take

up this issue.

BS

(Amritsar/

Cochin)

RS (ER)

CLOSING REMARKS

In closing the President (CEC) noted the Central Council Meeting was very

fruitful. He recorded his thanks to the Delegates and applauded their decency

and decorum during the discussions. He wished them all an enjoyable

remainder of their visit to Delhi, and a safe journey home.

D K Behera

President

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