All flunk pilot licence exam

Mumbai: The results of the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) exam, which was held in July, were recently declared and much to the students’ surprise– rather shock–they found that all those, who had attempted two subjects in the technical category, had failed.
The zero percent pass rate in two subjects is probably a first for the country’s pilot exams.
“A total of 182 students from across the country took the technical specific paper for Cessna 152 aircraft and all of them failed. So did all the 34 who appeared for technical specific exams for P-68 aircraft,” said a student, adding that many have verbally complained to the DGCA’s central examination organisation (CEO)–responsible for conducting CPL exams–questioning the evaluation process.
Since the minimum percentage required to clear CPL exams is 70, the results often show a high failure rate. “However, it has never been so bad that the entire lot flunked,” said a student. “Technical specific papers are supposed to be the easiest of the lot.”
Two papers are held for the technical subject–the first is technical general, which covers the theories of flight and engines and in the second, a student has to write on a particular type of aircraft (the one he/she is undergoing flying training on) and its salient features like speed limitations, maximum take-off weight and emergency landing procedures. The 100% failures have been reported only for technical specific exams conducted for Cessna 152 and P-68 aircraft.
“There was a technical glitch this time in the computerised checking process, which has led to this,” Director-general of civil aviation Nasim Zaidi said. “This has been corrected. The new results for the two subjects will be declared in a day or two.”
15/09/09 Manju V/Times of India

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