{"id":1171,"date":"2010-05-18T16:35:38","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2010-05-18T16:35:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:35:38","slug":"dgca-orders-crackdown-on-agents-promising-pilot%e2%80%99s-licence-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/2010\/05\/dgca-orders-crackdown-on-agents-promising-pilot%e2%80%99s-licence-to-students.html","title":{"rendered":"DGCA orders crackdown on agents promising pilot\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s licence to students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">T<\/span><\/strong>he Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to take action against agents which promise aspiring pilots with licences on payment of a few lakh rupees.<br \/>\nDG Naseem Zaidi issued a public notice last Friday seeking information on this violation. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have been receiving at least two complaints every month regarding these malpractices.<br \/>\nBut these complaints are either anonymous or non specific in nature,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Zaidi. Zaidi has promised legal action against such dubious agents. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are mounting a special vigil on so-called middlemen,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added.<br \/>\nFlight training schools say such corrupt practices are rampant and have been brought to the notice of the DGCA.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d There are agents who charge Rs 2-3 lakh from students for clearing the commercial pilots licence examination.<br \/>\nSome are affiliated with flying clubs and institutions abroad and promise licence without completion of mandatory flying.<br \/>\nStudents have obtained licences from abroad using fraudulent means but have been unable to get their licences converted in India because of tough examination standards,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Capt Raj Shetty, MD of Kompass Aviation.<br \/>\nStudents are also forced to approach agents because of inordinate delays in issue of licence. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153DGCA norms say that licence will be issued within a month after completion of exam.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">18\/05\/10<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mumbaimirror.com\/article\/2\/2010051820100518033314612aaf46457\/DGCA-orders-crackdown-on-agents-promising-pilot%E2%80%99s-licence-to-students.html\">Mumbai Mirror<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to take action against agents which promise aspiring pilots with licences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}