Philippines Believes Safety Aviation Ratings Will Remain Steady

Nov. 1, 2016
The International Civil Aviation Organization is set to conduct an audit on the country’s aviation safety rating in the middle of next year.

Philippine aviation officials are confident the country’s safety aviation ratings with the US and Europe will remain steady.

Citing Capt. Manuel Antonio Tamayo, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), the Philippine Star reported the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is set to conduct an audit on the country’s aviation safety rating in the middle of next year.

“We are confident based on what’s going on. And we have so much time to improve,” he said.

Tamayo added that ICAO representatives visited the Philippines to conduct a pre-audit in September. The unit of the United Nations (UN) conducts an audit every two years.

According to the report, Tamayo said the team found weakness in three of the eight audit points particularly on manpower. The audit protocols are legislation, organization, licensing, operation, airworthiness, accident investigation, navigation services, and aerodromes.

“Out of the eight, we are strong on the five. The five pulled us up. But what we want to do is bring up the three as well,” he said.