NEW DELHI: 320 pilots flew aircraft with lapsed Pilot Proficiency Check in 2014 with 219 of them belonging to private airlines and 101 to Air India, Lok Sabha was informed today.
During Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) audit of training facilities of airlines in 2014, it was found that maximum numbers of violation were done by Jet Airways with 130 of its pilots flying without the mandatory check, followed by Air India with 101 pilots, Air India Express with 70, SpiceJet with 10 and IndiGo with nine, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said in a written reply.
The DGCA has taken enforcement action against these pilots including suspension of privilege of the licences and issue of warning letters, the Minister said.
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"It was found that some pilots have flown the aircraft with lapsed Pilot Proficiency Check during DGCA audit of training facilities of airlines in 2014 against which action was taken by the DGCA," he said.
The Union Minister also informed that 19 cases related to obtaining pilot licences by producing fake documents by trainee pilots were found by Chief Flying Instructor of Rajasthan Flying School of Jaipur and 17 cases were found in which pilot have obtained licences on the basis of fake Central Examination Office (CEO) marksheet.
However, no such cases have come to the notice of DGCA in the current year, he said.
20/04/15 All India Press Trust of India/NDTV
During Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) audit of training facilities of airlines in 2014, it was found that maximum numbers of violation were done by Jet Airways with 130 of its pilots flying without the mandatory check, followed by Air India with 101 pilots, Air India Express with 70, SpiceJet with 10 and IndiGo with nine, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said in a written reply.
The DGCA has taken enforcement action against these pilots including suspension of privilege of the licences and issue of warning letters, the Minister said.
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"It was found that some pilots have flown the aircraft with lapsed Pilot Proficiency Check during DGCA audit of training facilities of airlines in 2014 against which action was taken by the DGCA," he said.
The Union Minister also informed that 19 cases related to obtaining pilot licences by producing fake documents by trainee pilots were found by Chief Flying Instructor of Rajasthan Flying School of Jaipur and 17 cases were found in which pilot have obtained licences on the basis of fake Central Examination Office (CEO) marksheet.
However, no such cases have come to the notice of DGCA in the current year, he said.
20/04/15 All India Press Trust of India/NDTV
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