{"id":1393,"date":"2011-03-25T02:46:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T02:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2011-03-25T02:46:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T02:46:36","slug":"end-of-flying-career-for-14-fake-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/2011\/03\/end-of-flying-career-for-14-fake-pilots.html","title":{"rendered":"End of flying career for 14 &#8216;fake&#8217; pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Mumbai:<\/span> In an unprecedented move, the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday revoked a total of 14 commercial pilot licences (CPL), ending the career of those pilots who submitted fake flying training records from Rajasthan State Flying School to procure their licences.<br \/>\nThis is the first time that India has taken such a stringent action against pilots who indulge in fraudulent practices.<br \/>\nOne of the 14 pilots who lost their licence is the son of a DGCA official. &#8220;Following inputs from the anti-corruption bureau which is investigating the case, we had cancelled the licences of eight pilots. Today we cancelled another six CPLs,&#8221; said director-general of civil aviation Bharat Bhushan. Once a CPL licence is cancelled, the person is no longer a pilot. S\/he can approach the court and challenge the DGCA&#8217;s decision to revoke their licence. &#8220;But since they do not have a strong case, it is unlikely that these people will fly as pilots again,&#8221; said an aviation source.<br \/>\nThe matter pertains to 14 pilots who did their training in Rajasthan State Flying School. One of the requisites for earning a CPL is 200 hours of flying training. &#8220;These pilots had not undergone the total 200 hours of training. The chief flight instructor of this school had issued them fake records of flying training sessions,&#8221; said a source. It means their CPL licences were obtained fraudulently. The case is being investigated by the anti-corruption bureau.<br \/>\nIndia is not the first country, though, to handle cases like this with stringency. &#8220;In the UK, if you are caught copying in a pilot exam, you will lose your Airline Transport Pilot Licence and CPL as well. Your career as a pilot ends there,&#8221; said a senior commander, adding that it is not possible to submit fake documents to the UK&#8217;s aviation regulator as the entire system is computerized.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">25\/03\/11 Manju V\/<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/End-of-flying-career-for-14-fake-pilots\/articleshow\/7783573.cms\" target=\"_blank\">Times of India<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: In an unprecedented move, the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday revoked a total of 14 commercial pilot<\/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-1393","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\/1393","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=1393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}