According to the aeronautical authorities, most of these aircraft has not flown for over 5 years They have therefore suffered great deterioration. He also clarifies that the remaining ones need repairs that were never carried out.
“For this reason, an auction plan for unused aircraft is being initiated: three have already been valued at an approximate sum of 150 thousand dollars and are ready to be auctioned,” he added.
As part of the same reorganization, the ANAC specified that, at the time of the intervention, had a debt of $3.131 million inherited from the previous government’s management. “The debt is under detailed analysis by the intervention,” he explained.
The agency said that these measures aim to achieve the strategic objectives in terms of air transport and the implementation of “a comprehensive reorganization of the commercial air system to provide the market with a competitive environment that provides enough flexibility to reach all Argentine cities.”
The intervention worked on the preparation of a diagnosis of the organization’s situation with the aim of identifying the operational and administrative problems that limit the actions of the ANAC and proceeding to its restructuring and adaptation to the guidelines established in the intervention decree.
“In this transitional but necessary stage, it has been revealed an inadequate and oversized structure of the organism, “discretion in the application of funds and inefficiencies in the use of resources. In addition, a lack of control in processes, bureaucratization in procedures and a lack of management in the area of oversight and provision of services were detected, among other observations that need to be addressed,” he listed.
Another aspect that the report addressed was the rent of the building where ANAC operates: “It is paid for 84 garages when there are only 18 fleet cars. In this context, the owner will be required to acknowledge the improvements made by ANAC to the building, for a total of one million dollars, which had not been contemplated in the contract signed by the previous administration, and the decision has been made to drastically reduce the asymmetry observed in the garages.”
He also warned that there was “an indiscriminate issuance of fuel cards for the national fleet, which amounts to more than 600 and was not supported by any control over the mileage travelled.”
In this regard, fuel cards that do not have any specific operational allocation have already begun to be cancelled for a total of $23,440,000 that they had available per month.
“In addition to this, it was detected the illegal occupation of more than half of the properties “The ANAC has throughout the country. Of the 63 properties of the entity, at least 33 are occupied by people who are not Airport Managers or by organizations with contracts that have expired for a long time or are irregular. Given this situation, the notifications began,” he explained.
“Likewise, it is being diagrammed a plan to survey illegally occupied dwellingsin order to determine the status of each of them. It will begin with those closest to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and then extend to the entire country.”
The diagnosis also highlights that “since its creation in 2007, ANAC has carried out an unjustified structural growth that has resulted in bureaucratization and inefficiency of the processes. With 103 management positions distributed in 5 national directorates, 29 simple directorates and 69 departments, it is proven that the organization It has a macrocephalic structure without normative support which needs to be organized and modernized to optimize its operation as the highest aeronautical authority.”
They promote the adjustment of executive positions in the ANAC organizational chart
The official plan includes a modification of the organic structure, in order to achieve a 40% reduction in executive positions, the centralization of functions that were disaggregated, such as the administration and management of inspections.
The diagnosis calls into question internal procedures and unregulated purchases, such as the acquisition of 350 computers for a total of US$1,225,612.50. “This purchase order was extended by 122 more computers, which meant an extra expense of US$427,213.50. None of them entered the organization. Therefore, a criminal complaint was initiated, but not an internal investigation, in order to investigate the situation.”
Along the same lines, the diagnosis carried out by Cordero’s team also detected the precarious state of the services that the organization provides at airports. A great deterioration of the Rescue and Firefighting Services at airports throughout the country was observed, due to the lack of maintenance for years of key materials such as fire engines. The health system has the same characteristics. Within this framework, 19 processes of purchasing supplies (covers, batteries, motors, repair equipment, etc.) and repairs were initiated, which will allow at least 10 fire engines to be put into operation.
Of the 103 fire engines that ANAC owns, Only 60 work. In addition, most of them are more than 10 years old and do not receive major or preventive maintenance, which leads to them periodically going out of service. In addition, many operate with old, broken or expired supplies, such as worn covers and compacted foam and chemical powder. The fact that a fire truck is out of service affects the operational safety of the airport and can lead to its closure and not receiving flights.
As for ambulances, there is also a lack of resources, as there are only two vehicles in good condition, which provide service at the airports of Ezeiza and Córdoba. Although there are two other ambulances available, they are more than 20 years old and have mechanical deterioration and deficiencies in the provision of medical services. Added to this is a lack of medical supplies, supplies that are expired or out of service.
He also denounces that the building situation of some of the properties that ANAC occupies at the airports is also It is critical, with a risk of collapse in certain cases and the need for repairs to the tracks, electrical system, heating and signage, among other structural problems. In this regard, contracts were initiated to carry out various types of repairs at airports in Catamarca, Formosa, Chaco, Río Negro, Santiago del Estero and at the Ezeiza International Airport.
Source: Ambito
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