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Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Captain Chester Voo Chee Soon (Photo by Mohd Suhaimi Mohamed Yusuf/The Edge)
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 14): Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) chief executive officer Datuk Captain Chester Voo Chee Soon has resigned from his position, according to industry sources.
Voo, 47, had joined the CAAM for two and a half years since June 2020. The CAAM comes under the purview of the Ministry of Transport (MOT).
When contacted by The Edge, Voo declined to comment.
The news appears to have been somewhat unexpected, as the aviation safety regulator only recently managed to restore the country’s air safety ranking to Category 1. On Oct 1, the US Federal Aviation Administration upgraded Malaysia’s oversight capability to Category 1 — three years after it downgraded the country to a Category 2 rating in November 2019, after Malaysia failed to comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s safety standards.
Market observers said the rating upgrade came at just the right time, as the aviation industry is once again poised for growth after two years of wrestling with the Covid-19 pandemic, which had grounded airlines and halted air travel all over the world.
Voo took over the government agency shortly after the rating downgrade to Category 2 — at a time when staffing levels, morale and productivity were at all-time lows. One of his main tasks was to restore Malaysia’s status to Category 1.
“Voo will be remembered for steering the CAAM through the pandemic, revamping the government agency, boosting workers’ morale, and restoring the country’s air safety ranking,” said a source.
Meanwhile, market observers and industry players will be keen to see who the technical regulator might be able to attract as a permanent replacement. Zainul Abidin Maslan is the deputy CEO of operations, while Captain Norazman Mahmud is the deputy CEO of regulators at the CAAM.
It might also be keen to have an external candidate take the helm again, as Voo took over as the CEO from the private sector. The CAAM’s website shows that Voo started his commercial flying career with Malaysia Airlines in 1993 as a cadet pilot. He also served at AirAsia Bhd for 12 years, holding various management roles, including as a ground instructor, crew resource instructor, chief of pilot operations, and director of flight operations.
The CAAM’s current chairman is Tan Sri Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman, a former director general of the Public Service Department.
Apart from Mohd Khairul Adib and Voo, the CAAM’s authority members comprise Datuk Isham Ishak, the secretary general of the MOT, Rokhoun Nafsiah Abd Rashid, a representative of the Ministry of Finance, and Tan Sri Dr Halim Mohammad, the founder and executive chairman of Halim Mazmin Group.
The others are Tan Sri Dr Chuah Hean Teik, who is currently the president, CEO and a senior professor of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Datuk Ben Chan Chong Choon, an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and a member of the Malaysian Bar, and Datuk Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi, a former chairman and chief executive of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.
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