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20 Apr, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
- 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.
10 Aug, 2011, 11.51 AM IST
- 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...
08 Aug, 2011, 03.19 AM IST
- 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...
29 Apr, 2011, 04.59 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
- 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...
06 Apr, 2011, 04.46 AM IST
- Fake licence: Flying Training Directorate to be strengthened
The DGCA has been under lot of criticism over the fake pilots issue, in which a senior DGCA officer, 7 pilots and 3 touts have so far been ...
05 Apr, 2011, 09.52 PM IST
- 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...
28 Mar, 2011, 06.32 PM IST
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...
27 Mar, 2011, 12.20 AM IST
- Fake licences: DGCA to tighten the selection process for pilots
DGCA has drawn up measures to tighten the selection process for pilots flying scheduled airlines to check the menace of fake licences which...
26 Mar, 2011, 01.42 AM IST
- 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...
25 Mar, 2011, 03.35 AM IST
- SpiceJet sacks two pilots for fudging hours
After the sacking of 4 pilots of Air India, IndiGo and MDLR, 2 cockpit crew of SpiceJet have lost their job for fudging the flying hours.
21 Mar, 2011, 01.27 PM IST
- Crime branch probes officials’ role in fake pilot licence case
DGCA has brought 550 airline transport pilot licences under the scanner, allotted over the last 15 months, in the first leg of the investig...
15 Mar, 2011, 07.32 AM IST
- Concern in RS over fake flying licences of pilots
Serious concern was raised in the Rajya Sabha today over airline pilots procuring fake flying licences through forged documents.
14 Mar, 2011, 03.02 PM IST
- 2 more pilots found to have fudged papers
What's worrying the aviation industry is that the new cases have tumbled out within a week of DGCA chief Bharat Bhushan ordering an unprece...
09 Mar, 2011, 10.30 AM IST
- Fudging of flying hours: DGCA suspends licences of 3 pilots
Taking a strong view of falsification of records to grant pilot licenses in Rajasthan, aviation sector regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended...
27 Nov, 2010, 07.59 PM IST