Class 12 arts & commerce students can now pursue career as commercial pilots in India if ministry okays proposalIn a significant overhaul, the DGCA is set to permit arts and commerce students to pursue commercial pilot licenses, ending the three-decad...
26 May, 2025, 06.39 PM IST
Air India to start own flying school, in a first in countryIn preparation for an anticipated pilot shortage, Air India plans to establish a school in Amravati, Maharashtra, aimed at training up to 1...
18 Jun, 2024, 02.47 PM IST
How to become a drone pilotNo pilot licence is required for operating nano drones and micro drones for non-commercial use. But to operate any other type of drone you ...
26 Aug, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
Sky is the limit: Vadodra girl Varija Shah gets pilot licence at 16!Varija is probably the youngest person in Gujarat to have a student pilot licence and fly a plane.
19 Oct, 2016, 01.10 PM IST
State scheme pilots dreams of 10 needy students for freeThe government, under its Special Component Sub-Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), has waived the entire fee for these students and pro...
25 Jul, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
Crisis in cockpit: Increasing number of pilots failing psychological testAir India turning down 40 pilots for not meeting 'psychological standards' is a revelation about the kind of people in the cockpit.
06 Jun, 2015, 10.21 AM IST
Flying enthusiast Ramesh Rao’s death row: Is it pilot error or engine failure? opinion differsThe DGCA, which issues licences for micro light pilots, probes any accident or incident involving an aircraft on the Indian soil.
05 May, 2015, 07.24 AM IST
Jakkur Flying School faces infrastructure headwindsThe Government Flying Training School (GFTS) at Jakkur has trained several pilots to fly commercial jets since it was established in 1950.
23 Mar, 2015, 11.36 AM IST
- Government mulls compulsory DGCA entrance test for pilots
Unscrupulous students will soon find the 'Munnabhai' way of becoming a pilot and threatening passenger lives closed for them as the pilot a...
11 Aug, 2011, 10.18 AM IST
- India's oldest flying school 'Bombay Flying Club' to close after DGCA crackdown over bending rules
Reports of unqualified pilots have added to worries over India’s rickety air safety record. Earlier this year, the DGCA cancelled licences ...
04 Aug, 2011, 01.17 AM IST
- DGCA scraps special exam for pilot licence
Students aspiring to be pilots will now have to clear all the pilot licence exam papers only by appearing for regular exams that are held o...
15 May, 2011, 06.23 AM IST
- DGCA sets up 3 teams to go into fake licence issue
DGCA has set up three teams to carry out full-fledged audits of 40 institutions across the country from next week.
11 Apr, 2011, 09.28 PM IST
- 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...
11 Apr, 2011, 12.12 PM IST
- Two SpiceJet pilots arrested in Jaipur
Two pilots of budget carrier SpiceJet were arrested here on Monday for allegedly obtaining commercial pilot licence on the basis of forged ...
22 Mar, 2011, 01.57 AM IST
- Economic slowdown: Airline crew begin to feel the heat
Nearly 150 trained pilots holding commercial licences and hundreds of airhostesses have been rendered jobless, as the economic slowdown is ...
10 Nov, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Australian college beckons Indians for pilot training
Melbourne-based Australian National Airline College (ANAC) beckons Indian students to join its pilot training programme.
11 Aug, 2007, 07.31 PM IST
- Flying out after class XII
Airlines are now coming forward to part-finance pilot training programmes for Class XII passouts and offer them an assured job, even before...
20 Jul, 2006, 01.47 AM IST