‘Grounded’ trainee pilots to file PIL against AAI
Mumbai: Four hundred students of the Bombay Flying Club (BFC) will be filing a PIL against the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday as the latter has ordered a closure of all operations at the club. BFC, the oldest training clubs in the country, stopped all operations on Friday after Airports Authority of Indian (AAI) over non-payment of fee to the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
BFC is one among 28 flying schools across India which were prohibited from operations by the AAI. According to AAI officials the clubs haven’t paid the land charges since 2007 and won’t be allowed to operate till the dues are cleared. AAI sent an order on Thursday asking for suspension of all operations. The BFS has decided to appeal to the court and its officials are trying to get a stay order against the AAI order.
According to sources, the club owes around Rs 2.5 crore to the AAI for six years. Officials familiar with the development said that the order demanded a complete closure of the club with immediate effect. The operations were stopped immediately after the order was passed. “If the BFC officials don’t get a stay from the court, they will have to vacate the premises at Juhu in a week’s time,” said a senior official.
02/04/12 Times of India
even govt aviation training institute is also not functioning by jan 17 after receiving a latter from aai for its pending ecxise 3.225 cr. and now its very panic for we all trainee pilots of GATI
SIR
IF ALL USERS RELUCTANT TO PAY THEIR DUES TO AAI THEN HOW AAI CAN FUNCTION. THESE PEOPLE WANTS LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN PAR WITH EUROPE AND USA, AT FREE OF COST . AAI HAS GOR NEARLY 20,000 EMPLOYEES. ALL OPER THE WORLD USERS CANNOT USE THE ATC SYSTEMS FREE. WILL KINGFISHER OR JET AIRLINES ETC. WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE THIER OPERATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES FREE. FIRST THEY HAVE TO PAY THE USER FEE IN ADVANCE. CIVIIL AVIATION MACHINE HAS TO PERMIT OPERATORS TO COLLECT PASSENGERES FEE DIRECTLY WITHOUT THE INERFERECE OF AIRLINES THEN ONLY AAI CAN DO SOMETHING IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR BETTER SAFETY AND SECURITY. THERE ARE NEARLY 25 TO 30 FLYING CLUBS IN INDIA WHO ARE NOT PAYING THIER DUES TO AAI. THEY ARE COLLECTING THE RESPECTIVE FEE FROM PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS TRAINING (IE. TRINEES DUES TO AAI) WHY THESE CLUBS ARE NOT PAYING THIS FEES TO AAI. WHETHER THE AAI IS THEIR PARENTAL PROPETY . THE GOVERMENT HAS TO FILE a CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST THEM SINCE THEY ARE COLLECTING MONEY THESE FROM TRAINEES. SIMILARLY KFA IS GIVING CHEQUE THAT IS BOUNCED. IT IS CRIMINAL OFFENCE BUT NO GOVERNMENT OR POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE NOT MADE ANY COMMENTS AGAINST THE HI-FI BEGGAR, WANTS TO CONSIDER HIS LOSS TO NATIONAL LOSS. STILL HE IS TELLING HE IS BARRREN KING. FIRST LET HIM INTROSPECT HE IS BARRON KING OR BEGGAR KING. AND ALSO THESE FLYING CLUBS.