Former Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) CEO Datuk Captain Chester Voo Chee Soon has joined the board of Berjaya Land Bhd (BLand). Voo’s appointment as BLand’s CEO for group aviation took effect on Thursday (Feb 2), and he will oversee the airlines under Berjaya namely Berjaya Air, Asia Jet and Rafflesia Airways, BLand said in a statement
TWO years ago, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) thrust Malaysia into the global spotlight, but for the wrong reasons after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded the technical regulator for failing to meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards.
The downgrade to Category 2 marked a first for Malaysia’s aviation safety regulator since it was assigned a Category 1 rating in 2003.
It also served as a wake-up call for the government as CAAM is an agency under the Ministry of Transport (MoT). Malaysia joined countries such as Thailand, Bangladesh, Curaçao, Costa Rica and Ghana that were placed under Category 2 a rating that indicates deficiency in one or more areas, including technical expertise, trained personnel, record-keeping and/or inspection procedures.