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The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) should be restructured as Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) for the Authority to provide dynamic international standard regulatory services, suggested a retired Communications Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) technician.
The Authority’s restructuring such as Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (which has recently become part of Ethiopian Airlines Group), may allow it to cope with the dynamics of rapidly changing technological advancement in the aviation industry, according to the technician who spoke. anonymously with NewBusinessEthiopia.com.
“The authority should be restructured as an entity led by a board of directors like the Ethiopian Airlines group; which can help you to enjoy a quick decision to mobilize your own financing with a simple consultation with the Board ”, he stressed; and added that “the Authority, which is obliged to organize numerous short-term and long-term trainings abroad, to cope with the dynamism of the ever-changing aviation industry, must have easy access to finance its own budget and should not be hampered by the bureaucratic system of the Federal Civil Service Structure; which is currently governed by ”.
As an organization that generates millions of dollars every year from the various services it provides to its clients, along with its nature, the governance of the Federal Civil Service is too cumbersome to fit in with the dynamic nature of the aviation industry, according to the retired technician. .
As a member of the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO), the aerodrome safety standards and commitments of the Ethiopian civil aviation authority are being monitored by ICAO (headquartered in Montreal, Canada) on a daily basis, which always want to ensure that the global aviation industry safety level.
In other words, ECAA is monitored by ICAO and operates according to global standards; however, it is hampered by the country’s civil service legislation. ICAO normally sends new annexes to all aviation organizations around the world, including the ECAA; whenever new technology changes occur in the aviation industry.
This, in turn, calls for the continuous training of experts abroad to update them with the current and dynamic environment of the industry. In countries such as Kenya and Egypt, civil aviation organizations are autonomous and run on their own income through an established board of directors; Not to mention that these two nations have their own aviation universities; that provide ongoing, multifaceted training in capacity building to the country’s aviation professionals and new students.
In Ethiopia, however, the devotion given by the government to ECAA is little more than invisible, mainly due to a lack of awareness about the nature of the services provided by the authority and the urgency necessary to maintain the standards of world aviation all time. Any breach of the standard could mean that Ethiopia is not a safe place to fly; and global airlines will adjust their destinations to other countries that ICAO confirms are safe.
As a result of these, the authority, which is the regulatory body for the country’s airspace, is not powerful enough to properly execute its regulatory functions. Contrary to its function and establishment, this means that the regulatory body (ECAA) is controlled by the operator; which is also highly endorsed by the state itself.
The Ethiopian Airlines group is known to have its own aviation academy, which is different from the ECAA training center which is providing capacity building training for Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Navigation and Communications Surveillance (CNS) professionals. from East African countries. ECAA was established about 70 years ago; during the reign of the Imperial Era.
