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FAKE PILOT SCAM
- 843 commercial pilot licences issued this year by DGCA
The country's aviation regulator issued 1458 CPLs in 2008, while 1886 such licences issued in 2009 and 1368 in the next year.
- One more arrested in fake pilot scam, total arrests 22
The arrested person has been identified as Gaurav Jain. He was apprehended from the capital yesterday, a senior police official said.
- Fake pilot: One can't run a flying institute without being accountable, says DGCA chief Bharat Bushan
The fake pilots scam made it obvious that something was wrong with the tainted students' flying capabilities, which is why they relied on f...
- Pilots licence scam: DGCA unearths another scam
The fake pilots licence scam has just got murkier as the aviation regulator has discovered cases where pilots have furnished wrong personal...
- Fake pilot scam: Former BJP minister's son among four booked
The cases were registered against Pawan Dilawar, Ankur Garg, Sidharth Lochab and Rohan Saxena this week, police said today.
- Companies going for background checks of employees
Verification process includes finding out work experience, educational documents and if the candidate has criminal record.
- Fake pilot scam: Challenging systems has become badge of honour
The pilots who have been grounded as a result of the fake flying licences scam must have been swayed by all the publicity given to the dism...
- Fake pilot scam: Another pilot arrested
Delhi Police has arrested a pilot working with a private airline for procuring a commercial pilot license by allegedly submitting fake mark...
- DGCA clips wings of top official
DGCA stripped one of its top officials off his responsibilities following charges against him of influencing an airline to employ his daugh...
- With fake pilot being caught every day, how safe are passengers?
An airhostess had barely finished giving the safety instructions on a Delhi-B'lore flight last week when a passenger asked: "What if the pi...
- Fake pilot licence scam: 2 DGCA officials held
Two DGCA officials have been arrested by the crime branch of Delhi Police for allegedly helping pilots procure commercial pilot licences.
- Fake pilot scam: Ahmedabad pilot, tout caught red-handed
A pilot and a tout, both hailing from Ahmedabad, were arrested by the crime branch of Delhi Police for allegedly helping another 25-year-ol...
- DGCA mulls online pilot registry
The government is planning to create an online national registry of pilots with a complete dossier on each one, in a bid to check pilots ge...
- Fake Pilots scam: Police issue lookout notice against 4
Turning up the heat in its probe in the fake pilots scam, the Delhi Police has issued a lookout notice against three pilots and a flying in...
- Probe into fake pilots scam reveals flying schools fudged logbooks
Investigations into the fake pilot scam have revealed that several flying schools were 'fudging log books' to escalate the number of flying...
- Forged marksheets: DGCA chief says more arrests to come
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief E K Bharat Bhushan suspects there are more people from within the regulator's office...
- Top DGCA man among 4 held in fake pilots case
The Delhi police on Saturday claimed to have busted the fake pilots scam after four more arrests - including that of a senior DGCA official...
Four arrested in fake flying licence scandalA person is eligible to fly a commercial aircraft only after securing a CPL, which is given out after a person completes 200 hours of flyin...
- End of flying career for 14 'fake' pilots
DGCA revoked a total of 14 commercial pilot licences, ending the career of those pilots who submitted fake flying training records from Raj...
- Fake licences: SpiceJet sacks two pilots, 9 more under scanner
Kumar and Mundra have been accused of misrepresenting their flying hours in order to obtain their license from the civil aviation regulator...