Another pilot arrested for forging documents
April 4th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Apr 4 (ANI): One more pilot has been arrested here today in connection with the fake flying license scam.
Abhinav Kaushik from private airline Indigo has been arrested for using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).So far, six people have been arrested in connection with the fake pilot case.
The first to be apprehended was suspended IndiGo pilot Parminder Kaur Gulati on March 8 and JK Verma of Air India on March 12.
Two pilots of SpiceJet - Anoop Choudhary and Amit Moondra - have also allegedly obtained Commercial Pilot Licence on the basis of forged flying certificates.
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi had earlier said that the government would take strict action against fake flying schools enabling pilots to obtain licences without proper training and documents.
Ravi said: “The Ministry has issued go ahead orders to the concerned agencies in order to build a strong case against the alleged fake schools without any leniency.”
“There are about 40 flying schools. Now there is an audit of these schools… Blanket order has been given to go ahead into the complaints. There is no leniency to anybody,” he added. (ANI)
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